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US Veteran Who Served Two Tours In Afghanistan Facing Deportation

Miguel Perez, Jr., 38, is facing deportation to Mexico, despite his permanent resident status and his service in the Army, after he was convicted in 2010 on a non-violent drug charge.
An injured U.S. veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan faces deportation to Mexico after a Chicago judge ordered his deportation on Sunday.

Trump Administration To Launch Massive Spying Database To Assist With Deportations

A young girl helps hold a U.S. flag as a group marches through downtown heading to the Texas Capitol during an immigration protest, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)
(REPORT) — The database, expected to be operational by September, will collect bulks of information on potential deportees.
Software company Palantir is gearing up to finalize the development of a massive intelligence database pitted to serve as “the engine for Donald Trump’s deportation machine,” according to an investigative report by the Intercept.

Trump Plans To Deport Anyone Crossing Border Illegally To Mexico, Regardless Of Nationality

A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas.
(REPORT) — Buried deep in the Trump Administration’s plans to round up undocumented immigrants is a provision certain to enrage Mexico 2014 new authority for federal agents to deport immigrants caught crossing the southern border to Mexico, regardless of where they are from.

8 Border Security Secrets You’re Not Supposed To Know

A family unit and unaccompanied minors encountered by Border Patrol Agents and Texas Game Wardens, wait as paper work is filled out. Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
(REPORT) — Illegal immigration and border security were top issues in 2016, and recent pronouncements by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, President-elect Donald Trump and others suggest they will remain red-hot into the New Year.

#SanctuaryCampus Campaign Spreads As 28 Schools Vow To Protect Students

University of New Mexico student LuzHilda Campos, left, and Chicano studies professor Irene Vasquez, right, present a letter with hundreds of signatures on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, to school president Bob Frank asking him to declare the campus a “sanctuary university,” in Albuquerque, N.M.. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
The movement to make college campuses into sanctuaries for undocumented students is growing, with walkouts and sit-ins taking place around the country on Thursday.