
ThousandsofimmigrantsintheUnitedStatesenlistinthemilitary,expectinganexpeditedpathtocitizenship.Buttherealityismorecomplicated.Afterfulfillingtheirservice,thousandsareestimatedtohavebeendeported.(TheenforcementagencyknownasICEwon'tdivulgetheexactnumber.)Somethingevenmoresinisterawaitsontheothersideoftheborder,wheredrugcartelsconverttheUS-trainedsoldiersintomercenaries.ReadyforWarprofilesthreeveteranslivingdifferentstagesofthislethalcycle.MiguelPerezgrewupinChicagoanddidtwotoursofdutyinAfghanistan,wherehesufferedatraumaticbraininjury.BackintheUS,hewasarrestedforanon-violentdrugchargeanddeportedawayfromhisparentsandchildreninChicagotoMexico,wherehehasnosupport.HectorBarajassufferedasimilarfate.TheformerUSArmy82ndAirborneSpecialistwasdeportedin2004anddedicateshimselftorunningtheDeportedVeteransSupportHouseinTijuana.Lastly,thereis...
