Kristi Gnome Testifies DHS Hasn't Deported Any Veterans. Seconds Later, a Kicked-Out War Hero Calls into the Hearing [View all]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was challenged during a hearing today about her department's controversial deportation practices.

Noem, 54, testified before the House on Thursday, Dec. 11, about national security threats, where she was questioned by a representative about the deportation of military veterans by the Trump administration.

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"Madame Secretary, we are joined on Zoom by a gentleman named Sae Joon Park," Magaziner said. "He is a United States Army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country in Panama in 1989."

Magaziner said Park — a Purple Heart recipient — had struggled with PTSD and substance abuse issues after his time in combat, and had been arrested in the '90s for "minor drug offenses." NPR previously reported that Park was charged with possession of a controlled substance and bail jumping while battling an addiction to crack cocaine.

Park has been sober for the last 14 years, the congressman told Noem, before saying, "Earlier this year, you deported him to Korea, a country he hasn't lived in since he was 7 years old."

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