Summary
In a harsh example of Trump’s immigration crackdown, U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient Jose Barco faces deportation to Venezuela, despite serving in Iraq and suffering severe combat injuries.
After his citizenship application vanished during service and he served prison time for a violent offense linked to untreated trauma, ICE detained him upon release.
Venezuela won’t accept him, leaving him stateless.
Barco’s case spotlights the Trump administration’s punitive policies toward veterans, erosion of due process, and broader threats to constitutional rights under his increasingly authoritarian leadership.
Guess the 'thank you for your service"-people are about to step up, right?
I can feel the Thoughts and Prayers from here.
He already served. They said thank you.
Transaction complete!
Hey look it’s the anakin/padme meme
Right?
Oh they can say thank you and go back to your country in the same breath.
“Thank you for deporting me for my service.”
– Jose Barco
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I bet John Stewart will.
Right alongside the second amendment people to take down the tyrant.
Ha hahahaha, you’re funny.