unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (Righthaven LLC?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article: I guess it's easier to deport people who have run afoul of the law.
But - and that's a king-sized but - this man served this country. He lived up to his end of the bargain.
In this Oct. 14, photo, military veteran Dardar Paye sits in his family's home in Maplewood, N.J.Immigrant vets face deportation despite serviceBy Juliana Barbassa - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Oct 24, 2010 13:16:39 EDT
If they die while serving, they are given citizenship and a military funeral. If they live and get in trouble with the law, as Coombs did, they can get caught in the net of a 1996 immigration law that greatly expanded the list of crimes for which non-citizens can be deported.