Day 299
November 14, 2025
1 documented event
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Purple Heart recipient Jose Barco deported
Army Sgt. Jose Barco, a Purple Heart recipient who saved soldiers in Iraq, was deported to Nogales, Mexico after nearly a year in ICE custody. Barco came to the US from Venezuela at age four and enlisted at 17 under a 'Soldier to Citizen' contract, but his citizenship paperwork was lost.