Source: In These Times
by Sofya Aptekar
“One Purple Heart veteran is in deportation proceedings. Another has self-deported in anticipation of being detained. The father of three Marines is beaten and arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at work. The wife of a Marine languishes in a Louisiana immigration detention center, apprehended at her green card interview. Amid a brutal escalation of immigrant deportations in 2025, a spate of news stories including those above highlights a convergence of the U.S. military and immigration system. Immigrants have always served in the U.S. military, and their veteran status does not protect them from being deported alongside their civilian immigrant neighbors. … outrage is warranted, but we must pause to consider the connections between military labor and being seen as deserving of protection from ICE.” (08/14/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/military-deportations-ice-immigration-trump