Dear LCLAA Members and Allies, As we pay tribute on Veterans Day, LCLAA would like to honor all veterans who performed duties and bravely defended our country and continue to serve in the armed forces. Being a veteran is a title that holds huge weight. However, as we remember and salute our heroes, let’s not ignore some of the issues veterans face: unemployment, benefit cuts, removal proceedings and deportations, despite heroically serving our country. Today we stand in solidarity with all veterans, and affirm our commitment to continue to advocate for justice. Veterans being unjustly deported is a prominent ongoing issue, currently there are about 32,000 non-citizens enlisted in the service, most of them are still not eligible for US citizenship after successfully completing their military duties, and some get deported back to their country of origin despite having lived their entire life in the United State. This is unacceptable. Congress must act to assist non-citizen service members and veterans with accessing the citizenship they earned by defending our country. We must act now and tell our elected officials to support the Veteran Service Recognition Act. Veterans deserve to be included and deserve fair treatment and those who have been deported deserve to return to home with their families. In solidarity, |
So, what action can I take to help this issue?
You can support the Veteran Service Recognition Act H.R. 4569, and ask your representative to address the issue of veteran deportation. The Veteran Recognition Act is a bipartisan legislation that would support noncitizen service members and veterans in becoming citizens. This legislation would address immigration related issues pertaining to non citizen military veterans. It would provide lawful permanent resident status to veterans subject to removal, provide reasonable opportunities for veterans to apply for permanent resident status, and extend deadlines for applications for citizenship for veterans. After having risked their lives to serve our country, our veterans deserve access to residency in the nation they fought to protect!
Tell Congress to support the Veterans Service Recognition Act H.R. 4569
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