Veterans Deported to Mexico Can Only Come Back to the U.S. After They Die Jorge Rivas - Fusion
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Yes, U.S. Veterans Get Deported Too (Fusion)

Manuel de Jesus Castano, a Vietnam veteran, was getting medical care for lupus and Lou Gehrig’s disease at the Department of Veterans Affairs in El Paso, Texas, when he was deported to Juarez, Mexico.

Castano’s friends say he was deported for a misdemeanor based on allegations that were retracted after he had already been deported.

Castano passed away at age of 55 in June 2012, about a year after he was deported. He died away from his family, including his sons who also served in the military.

Only then, after death, could he return to the U.S. According to military policy, honorably discharged veterans, even those who have been deported, are entitled to burial at a U.S. military cemetery.

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