U.S. veterans deported to Mexico organize near border, look for a way back home

A previous post on this topic did not highlight the fact that these deported foreign national U.S. veterans were also legally convicted felons who forfeited their 'green card' status upon conviction. I am all for redemption and second-chances; however, military service isn't a right but a privilege. When one pisses away an opportunity to continue being a productive member of the country one defended by dealing drugs or otherwise committing felonies, then persona non grata and deportation seems to be the only reasonable option.
Question: should honorably discharged U.S. veterans who are also ex-felon deported foreign nationals be allowed access to the VA Health Care System, or be granted amnesty/parole/pardons based upon their prior service?

REPORT: Then there’s the case of Felipe Ibarra, who served during the Gulf War from 1990 to 1992. “I was 19 years old when I joined,” he told FNL. “I was so young I was just going with the flow. It didn’t occur to me to apply for citizenship,” he said. In 1999, Ibarra was arrested for attempting to bring 100 pounds of marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico. He served a year in prison and when he was released, he was literally driven to the U.S.-Mexico border and asked to walk across. Ibarra will join Barajas and the group from the Deported Veterans House in seeking voluntary parole on July 8. “We have to try. We’re not bad people, we just made bad choices,” Ibarra told Fox News Latino. “We did serve our country.”