OT US Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan deported to Mexico following drug conviction

Ambivalent. That is all I can say. Don't know the guy. Anyone who got caught up in these stupid wars gets my sympathy but I don't know enough about him.

 

Illl sum it up in one word =DISGUSTING

 

I got to that part and thought fuck him but then thought about how the drug agents get people to do that stuff so without knowing the details I'm not sure about it. The guy doesn't seem too bright anyway.

 

Maybe not too bright, but he risked his life for us so we could sleep safe and sound.

 

This is a tough one lanny, but the law is the law and we can't turn our head on illegal activities just because the guy served in the armed services. It appears he wasn't just using, but actually distributing.

 

Well, seems like he risked his life thinking he'd become a citizen automatically. He had my support for joining the military. I don't know the guy and his personality or circumstances.

If he's a good guy and just got caught up in some bad stuff I wouldn't be upset if he stays. If he's getting into drug running on his own he can go home.

Which is why I said I'm ambivalent.

An article doesn't tell me who he is.

 

I'd say he needs mental health counseling. Sadly, and I can speak from personal experience in being treated for PTSD, that is the one area at the VA that is the weakest. I just can't get over his risking his life and limb to protect us.

The guys I used to ride the VA bus, before they discontinued the early morning rides, were all going to the hospital for Heroin addiction. That's one hell of a tough battle and they all had my prayers. See, no matter what my grandmoterh says, I'm not a bad person. I even went to church yesterday. It felt good to be back. Been gone for a while.

 

The war on drugs is one of the more wasteful endeavors we've ever embarked on.

Every drug should be decriminalized. EVERY one.

 

I just find a difference if the guy was caught using vs selling large quantities.

~454 grams per pound. Street value per gram of Bolivian marching powdee is $100-150/g

So at the low end, that’s 45K dollars he was delivering or selling. Either way, that’s not PTSD in my opinion, that’s a purposeful act.

Should it be legal? I think there is a great argument for that, but at the moment this is heavily illegal shit.

 

That's the value of the whole thing broken down into individual sales. What about the value of the whole thing? I imagine that a large quantity goes for less than the individual packages sold to the end user.

 

In 2010, he was convicted in Cook County, Illinois, on charges related to delivering more than 2 pounds of cocaine to an undercover officer. He was sentenced to 15 years and his green card was revoked. He had served half his sentence when ICE began deportation proceedings. He had been in the agency’s custody since 2016.

Perez has said he was surprised to be in ICE detention and mistakenly believed that enlisting in the Army would automatically give him US citizenship, according to his lawyer, Chris Bergin. His retroactive application for citizenship was denied earlier this month. While there are provisions for expediting troops’ naturalization process, a main requirement is that the applicant demonstrate “good moral character,” and the drug conviction was enough to sway the decision against his application, Bergin said.

Perez enlisted in the Army in 2001, just months before 9/11. He served in Afghanistan from October 2002 to April 2003 and again from May to October 2003, according to his lawyer. He left the Army in 2004 with a general discharge after he was caught smoking marijuana on base.

Joined the service because he thought it was an easy way to become a citizen.

Endangered fellow troops by getting stoned on base.

Made his living by causing Real Americans to become addicted to cocaine. Number who died from his actions unknown.

Convicted, sentenced and imprisoned by Obama's administration.

Fuck him.

 

I can't find the room to care about a guy selling dope, service or not. Not really sure about his service either with a dope smoking conviction to boot.

 

He served the country and put his life on the line...he should have gotten citizenship...after discharge if he's busted for dealing cocaine he should be arrested and jailed here, where he's made the sacrifice to become naturalized....the two issues are separate in my view and as Lanny said...PTSD is a tough mental state to recover from....won't hold up in court though....when it comes to PTSD we basically say....so what? Yet folks clamour to address mental illness along with gun control.....this guy slipped through the cracks.

 

We don't know the guy. If it is as cut and dry as Maris says then yeah, fuck him. Do I think that maybe anyone who actually served on the front lines in Afghanistan should become a citizen automatically? Maybe. Like I said, I'm on the fence about this guy since I don't know him.

Joining the military does not mean you are a great guy though.

What if Trump's debilitating bone spurs cleared up and he went and got discharged for smoking weed?

Would he be a better person?

 

I see this side too. I don't know what the guy did in Afghanistan. Mechanic or did he almost get blown up ? Maybe I missed that in the article.

 

Clearly your father didn't kill Americans for personal profit by selling massive amounts of cocaine.

I also doubt he viewed his service as an easy way to become an instant citizen.

I expect he is/was an amazing American.

This thread is about an entirely different kind of person.