{"id":73175,"date":"2017-07-02T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T13:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73175"},"modified":"2017-07-02T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T13:56:01","slug":"chong-hwan-kim-vet-targeted-by-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73175","title":{"rendered":"Chong Hwan Kim; vet targeted by ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark sends us a link to the story<\/a> of Chong Hwan Kim, a legal immigrant from South Korea and a US veteran of the Iraq War who has been arrested in Portland, Oregon for attempted arson and, as a result, is being held by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while his immigration status is investigated. He immigrated with a green card when he was 5 years old, he served in the Army, and now this felony charge;<\/p>\n

Records show Kim has been arrested on several charges, including a mixture of felonies and misdemeanors, over the last 5 years. In 2016, he was convicted of attempted arson and possession of a destructive device.<\/p>\n

Meyers said he knows about Kim\u2019s criminal record, but said his friend has been working to clean up his act for some time now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t leave anyone behind,\u201d Meyers said. \u201cChong put his life on the line, he put himself in danger to sacrifice for our country. Regardless of maybe having a few issues here and there, we can stand behind him and help him in his recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s father said a judge told his son, if he kept getting into trouble with the law, his immigration status could be in jeopardy. Now his family is worried about what could happen if gets deported back to South Korea where he is unfamiliar with the language, the country and its people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t really have an opinion on the subject – I don’t like criminals and the claim that he has been “working to clean up his act” is too familiar. While I commend his service to his adopted country, his behavior since that service hasn’t exactly been worthy of his own sacrifice. Being a veteran doesn’t insulate you from answering for your bad behavior.<\/p>\n

His buddy, Navy veteran Jordan Meyers, blames his bad behavior on PTSD, but PTSD doesn’t normally display itself in criminal behavior. If being in the US was so important to Kim, he should have applied for naturalization. <\/p>\n

Besides, being deported to South Korea isn’t like being deported to El Salvador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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