Deporting Parents of Dead Soldiers?

“”I think it would be a travesty for these parents to be deported after their son died in Iraq fighting for his country,” stated Congressman Gene Green, D-Huston. Green was referring to U.S. Army Private Armando Soriano, age 20, who died in 2004 in Haditha, Iraq.

Soriano is now buried in Huston, his hometown, where his parents, undocumented workers from Mexico, are currently living. Before his death Soriano had promised his parents he’d help them get green cards. He only succeeded partially before losing his life. Although his mother was able to obtain a green card, his father did not qualify and is on the verge of being deported.

Soriano’s father is not the only person to have lost a son or daughter in the Iraq war and face deportation. There are more than 3 million people born in the U.S. with parents who came into the country illegally. Those born in the U.S. are automatically citizens and have all the rights and duties enjoyed by Americans. That includes military service with the inevitable possibility of losing one’s life. “

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