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U.S. Army Purple Heart veteran forced to self-deport from Hawaii (www.hawaiinewsnow.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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After nearly losing his life in combat, Sae Joon Park was told by ICE he had three weeks to return to South Korea.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 72 points 4 weeks ago

He's more American than any of the ICE terrorists out there.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 23 points 4 weeks ago

God bless the troops, except that guy, fuck that guy, apparently

[–] Worthess@discuss.online 11 points 3 weeks ago

As a Veteran this is fucking infuriating, it's anti American, it's UN fucking Constitutional

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for your service and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out /s

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

19, he joined the army and fought in Panama during the Noriega war in 1989. He was shot twice during combat and was awarded a Purple Heart for his bravery.

So Trump is finally deporting war criminals? Nice.

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

this is NOT fucking normal