Halt all deportation actions against lawful permanent residents who were veterans of the United States Armed Forces

Lawful permanent residents have been conscripted and have served in the Armed Forces of the United States since the Revolution. Only since 1996, has the INA deprived an Immigration Judge when deciding whether a lawful permanent resident should be deported from considering his military service. Since non-citizen service members are treated for all purposes as United States nationals when in uniform, we believe the same principle should apply when the uniform comes off. We request that the Department of Homeland Security stop the deportation of veterans of the United States and that it grant parole to permit those veterans already deported to return to have their cases reconsidered.