Noem's 'No Deported Vets' Claim Meets Living Proof
According to The Independent, Noem asserted zero former military members were forced out of the country. Mere moments later, combat veteran Sae Joon Park, deported for 'minor drug offenses' after struggling with PTSD and substance abuse, appeared via video call to politely dismantle her fact-free fantasy. Park, who served with valor, was essentially 'encouraged' to self-deport by ICE, a policy
that seems to reserve the term 'voluntary' for Kafkaesque scenarios where the alternative is detention and forced removal. One might wonder if 'support our troops' now comes with an expiration date and a moral purity clause. This isn't about isolated incidents; it's a systemic betrayal. How many times have politicians draped themselves in the flag while simultaneously gutting the very support
systems that could prevent veterans from ending up like Mr. Park? It's a convenient form of selective patriotism, praising service while abandoning those who rendered it, especially if their struggles become a legal inconvenience rather than a moral imperative.