All across the United States, people will celebrate Veterans Day this weekend and on Monday, the day this holiday is officially marked. This is an opportune moment to reflect on the veterans who find themselves targeted for removal from the country they risked their lives to defend.
I haven’t seen any reliable numbers on the number of removed veterans. One advocacy group run by a deported veteran, the Banished Veterans Support House, estimates that as many as 40,000 veterans have been deported since 1996, but I don’t have any way of verifying that claim. What is true, though, is that tens of thousands of noncitizens serve in the armed forces—35,000 according to the Washington Post. All of these individuals are subject to removal if they fall afoul of immigration law.
As crImmigration.com readers are well aware, the line dividing compliance with immigration laws from noncompliance is notoriously thin. People can violate immigration law in all manner of ways—anything from a student who takes too few credit hours to conviction of any number of crimes.
The stress of military life would seem to accentuate this risk, especially for people who serve in combat. According to a study done by the Rand Corporation, “Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan — 300,000 in all — report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slightly more than half have sought treatment.” On occasion, this trauma can lead to criminal behavior. A report by the National Center for PTSD indicated that veterans who suffer from PTSD “committed 13.3 violent acts in the prior year, compared to 3.54 acts for [v]eterans without PTSD.” Cathy Ho Hartsfield, Deportation of Veterans: The Silent Battle for Naturalization, 64 Rutgers Law Review 835, 851 (2012) Indeed, of the approximately 140,000 veterans imprisoned in state or federal prisons in 2004, 30% reported a recent history of mental health services.
Acknowledging the trauma of combat, U.S. Representative Mike Thompson, a California Democrat, introduced a bill that would require DHS—prior to initiating removal proceedings against an an honorably discharged veteran—that veteran’s naturalization eligibility, “and any hardship to the Armed Forces, the alien, and his or her family if the alien were to be placed in removal proceedings.” H.R. 932, Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act § 5. This bill was introduced in February 2013, but it has stalled in the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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日前,湖南卫视周末正在热播玄幻武侠巨制《轩辕剑之天之痕》。剧中主演、90后女生古力娜扎被曝出靠神秘干爹上位,而其男友居然是《天天向上》主持人欧弟。
刚进大学就拍巨制 92后的娜扎不一般
正在热播的《轩辕剑》可谓话题不断,播出刚刚解禁,女主角娜扎又被网友曝出与某位神秘富商关系匪浅。此次能够在《轩辕剑》中独占主角戏份,是因为该富商正是给该剧的投资人之一。
参加《天天向上》 被爆与欧弟单独宵夜
古力娜扎92年出生在新疆,曾经被网友称为北电最美女生。除了被曝出背后有神秘干爹支持外,还有网友指出,欧弟与她的关系也非同寻常。
欧弟新女友曝光 90后娜扎上位拍摄《轩辕剑》
对于网友传闻,有娜扎的同学指出,根本没有什么神秘富商,这名投资人不过是娜扎拍戏时认的干爹。
对于网上沸沸扬扬的猜测,唐人影视没有正式回应,该公司相关内部人士表示,唐人看好的是她的外形和综合实力,实力是多方面的,娜扎具有秀美纯洁的外形,很符合小雪这一角色,如果能给剧组带来其他方面资源,当然也是一种实力。
《轩辕剑》没播出之前,禁播传闻一度引起媒体关注。播出之后,该剧雷人的IPAD、VCD道具遭到网友猛烈吐槽,剧中几位年轻主演更是引起了网友和粉丝的强烈关注。
一位工作人员爆料指出,当天晚上节目结束后,时间已经很晚,奥博娱乐城,欧弟还单独带着娜扎一起宵夜,两人不仅品尝了长沙的口味虾,还一起去酒吧嗨到凌晨。
娜扎《轩辕剑》
针对前不久曝出的欧弟和女友香蜜拉分手的消息,这一切难免不令人遐想。在录制节目时,欧弟更是与娜扎秋波频传,眉来眼去,又是献花,又是下跪。下节目后,有人看见欧弟还帮其整理衣服,替她拎高跟鞋走进化妆间。
据悉,其中一位女主角古力娜扎出生于92年,是一位北京电影学院的新生,曾被网友评为最美女生,初入大学的她为何能担纲一部神幻大剧的女主角?网友曝出她背后有神秘干爹支持,而其男友则是湖南卫视当红主持欧弟。
一位湖南卫视《天天向上》的导演昨天发表微博:都是新人,不知道为什么对她就要特别设计?OD在现场的表现也太露骨了吧,人是你推荐的,还非要现场献花有必要吗据调查,微博中的OD就是指节目主持人欧弟。
还有网友表示,海王星国际,娜扎虽然是位90后,但是其16岁便已初涉娱乐圈,演艺经历丰富,有干爹支持也不足为怪。
对此,一位昵称木克土的微博网友表示,作为刚进大学,尚未正式步入娱乐圈的娜扎来说,其银幕处女秀可谓十分华丽,展示的也是不食人间烟火的绝色美女形象,这里面难免没有背后的故事啊!
Ah yes. . .Mr.99 percent spends 99% of his time in service to himself . . the value of the American serviceman who serves a higher purpose, with honor and sometimes his life, probably means nothing to someone who believes that our country stands for imperialism and oppression. There are others of us who believe our country strives for something more than that, and those ideals are shared by the vast majority of those who serve. Who deserve honor, not disdain.