We take a look at the threat of deportation that non-citizen veterans of American wars continue to face despite US military promises of citizenship. We talk to Rohan Coombs, a Jamaican-born US vet who was in the US Marine Corps for six years and served in the Persian Gulf War. He spent eight months in prison for a marijuana-related conviction. The day he was to be released he was told he would be deported. He speaks to us from an immigration jail. (via Non-Citizen US War Vets Facing Deportation Despite Military Promises of Citizenship)
This is from 2010, but it’s still relevant. The military promises expedited citizenship for people who serve in the military. However, service isn’t a guarantee for citizenship, and many, many people who sign up for military service on the premise that they will become US citizens more quickly are in fact deported instead.
