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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

They joined the military thinking it was a path to citizenship – then they found out they were being deported

Bienvenido Perez/Juan Quiroz

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Military veteran Bineveido Perez stood before a judge in May 2001. He joined the Army in 1972 and served believing he would have the same rights as a citizen when he left. He learned years later that, as an immigrant, he did not.

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