Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq facing deportation to El Salvador

There is no excuse for people to get citizenship while they are in the military. None. I have heard "well my leadership never told me what to do." So what? It's YOUR life - not theirs so take responsibility. If I was a legal resident who joined the military damn right I'd go get citizenship. They waive a lot if you're active duty. I helped a soldier and his shit got done in 3 months. I saw multiple videos of swearing in ceremonies in Baghdad of huge groups of people.

If you're a legal resident and you get convicted of crimes, you're going to get deported. Facts. People know this. It's not a secret. So I don't have sympathy for people who don't take their own lives or careers into their own hands and expect others to do it.

If he gets his conviction pardoned, he can stay. But there was no excuse for him or others not to get it while on active duty.

The military and U.S. is done with some folks when they have outlived their usefulness.

He had the opportunity to become a citizen. He squandered it by criminal activity, prison time, drug/alcohol addiction and the like. Service in the armed forces is not a pass on criminal activity. I know it is all being blamed on PTSD. That is an easy scapegoat.

While I would have welcomed him as a newly minted citizen had he gone down the right path, crying PTSD after crime and prison time and trying to generate sympathy isn't getting it for me.