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US war veterans fight deportation
Not even the most decorated and honorable military service can protect U.S. war veterans from ruthless immigration laws, which consider a long list of non-violent crimes as grounds for deportation.
More and more cases have come to light of veterans who, after serving in this country's Armed Forces and armed conflicts, get in trouble with the law when they come home and end up in deportation proceedings.
According to activists, hundreds of veterans–perhaps even thousands–have already been deported. There are no official figures because all deportations are counted together and military service has no effect, positive or negative, on the process, immigration lawyers say.
Héctor López, who now lives in Rosarito, Baja California, is one of them.