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“The Department of Homeland Security recognizes the profound commitment and sacrifice that service members and their families have made to the United States of America,” Secretary Mayorkas said. “Together with our partner the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are committed to bringing back military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members who were unjustly removed and ensuring they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled. Today we are taking important steps to make that a reality.”
“It’s our responsibility to serve all veterans as well as they have served us – no matter who they are, where they are from, or the status of their citizenship,” Secretary McDonough said. “Keeping that promise means ensuring that noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are guaranteed a place in the country they swore an oath – and in many cases fought – to defend. We at VA are proud to work alongside DHS as to make that happen.”
TijuanaBaja-californiaMexicoCaliforniaUnited-statesSan-diegoImperial-countyWhite-houseDistrict-of-columbiaAmericaAmericanRamon-castro“The Department of Homeland Security recognizes the profound commitment and sacrifice that service members and their families have made to the United States of America,” Secretary Mayorkas said. “Together with our partner the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are committed to bringing back military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members who were unjustly removed and ensuring they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled. Today we are taking important steps to make that a reality.”
“It’s our responsibility to serve all veterans as well as they have served us – no matter who they are, where they are from, or the status of their citizenship,” Secretary McDonough said. “Keeping that promise means ensuring that noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are guaranteed a place in the country they swore an oath – and in many cases fought – to defend. We at VA are proud to work alongside DHS as to make that happen.”
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Ramon Castro started Monday on a walk from Friendship Park on the San Ysidro border near San Diego with plans to keep going.
He’ll head east along the border for 1,954 miles and 45 days, until he reaches the end of the U.S. border with Mexico, near Brownville, Texas.
Castro, a Brawley City Council member, will join the twice monthly board meetings via Zoom while on the road.
“My family thinks I’m crazy,” Castro said. But he is letting his feet do the talking, as well as the walking.
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Castro, who served in the Marine Corps for eight years and was in Kuwait during the Iraq War, is walking the border to focus attention on noncitizen U.S. veterans who have been deported for committing crimes.
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