Disposable Warrior: An Immigrant Veteran's Story

In this a piece from The Investigative Fund, "Unwanted Alive," J. Malcolm Garcia tells the story of Neuris Feliz, who, born in the Dominican Republic, moved to the United States at age 11, joined the Army in 2002, and was deployed to Iraq. When he returned home to Pennsylvania, Feliz committed a crime that looks to be the product of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD)  and pleased guilty to aggravated assault. Now, the U.S. government is seeking to deport him.

KJ

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