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A Trinidadian-born Iraq war veteran, who legally lived in the United States for more than 20 years, is now facing deportation after being detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to reports coming out of the United States via MSN news and Arizona Central, Marlon Parris, 44, who served six years in the US Army with three deployments to Iraq, was arrested on January 22 near his home in Laveen, Arizona, as he made his way to an ATM. He is currently being held at a private detention facility in Florence, Arizona, while awaiting a February 27 immigration court hearing.
The arrest has prompted the national veterans' advocacy group Common Defence to launch a petition demanding Parris' release, the reinstatement of his green card, and executive action to protect non-citizen military veterans.
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