{"id":22379,"date":"2018-03-26T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/26\/army-veteran-in-us-since-age-8-deported-after-prison-stint\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:12:23","slug":"army-veteran-in-us-since-age-8-deported-after-prison-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2018\/03\/26\/army-veteran-in-us-since-age-8-deported-after-prison-stint\/","title":{"rendered":"Army veteran in US since age 8 deported after prison stint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHICAGO \u2014 An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/03\/23\/u-s-army-afghanistan-vet-fights-deportation-order-to-return-to-his-native-mexico\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Army veteran from Chicago<\/a> who served two tours in Afghanistan and had been in the U.S. since age 8 has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/03\/16\/army-veteran-who-faces-deportation-denied-us-citizenship\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">deported to Mexico<\/a> because of a 2008 drug-trafficking conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed Monday that Miguel Perez Jr., 39, who had a green card, was deported Friday. The move came after he lost an appeal to remain in the U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/02\/08\/illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-denies-clemency-to-vet-facing-deportation\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner refused to pardon him<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perez was flown from Gary, Indiana, to Brownsville, Texas, where officers escorted him across the border and turned him over to Mexican authorities, ICE officials said. He spoke to the Chicago Tribune in a Thursday evening call from a detention center, saying \u201cI\u2019m not leaving. They\u2019re taking me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot for 30 seconds was I illegal in this country,\u201d he said. \u201cI went to war for this country out of love for this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perez\u2019s parents, Miguel Sr. and Esperanza Montes Perez, said in Spanish that they are heartbroken but will continue to fight for their son\u2019s return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy son fought in a war (in) which he defended people who are now throwing him out like garbage,\u201d Montes Perez said, according to the Tribune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perez handed a laptop case containing 4.4 pounds of cocaine to an undercover officer on Nov. 26, 2008, authorities said. He pleaded guilty to the drug charge and ICE took him into custody after he served half of a 15-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has been one of Perez\u2019s supporters. On Friday, she wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen asking her to halt Perez\u2019s deportation and to personally review the case. 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