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TOLLESON, AZ (AZFamily\/AP)<\/b> \u2014 Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva is backing new legislation to protect veterans from deportation.<\/p>\n

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The legislation, the Veterans Visa and Protection Act, is designed to give deported veterans a path to permanent residency and protect other veterans from deportation.<\/p>\n

Rep. Grijalva, a Democrat, said this year alone, 400 veterans have been deported.<\/p>\n

Veterans say they are promised a pathway to citizenship or a visa after they serve the country, but many are deported instead.<\/p>\n

Rep. Grijalva and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill, are working on advancing the bill and urging lawmakers to sign it.<\/p>\n

At a roundtable Thursday in Tolleson, a veteran said he was deported to Mexico after committing a crime but was able to return to the U.S. through humanitarian parole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m advocating because I just think it\u2019s a slap in the face to our veterans that serve their time. In my situation, I deployed two times to the Middle East and did operations around the world, so I did what I had to do to defend my country when I was out there. And when I come back, just because I get in trouble to get deported is a slap in the face,\u201d said Milton Tepeyac, a Marine Corps veteran.<\/p>\n

Tepeyac said he wanted to join the military as a way to say thank you for getting his green card.<\/p>\n

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He said even though immigrants have a green card or legal permanent resident status, it does not mean they are safe. They have to be citizens.<\/p>\n

As of February, nearly 50,000 foreign nationals are serving in active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

There are well more than 100,000 military veterans living in the U.S. who do not have citizenship, according to estimates in recent years by the Congressional Research Service. <\/p>\n

Despite military recruiters frequently describing service as a fast-track to citizenship for troops and their family members, the Republican administration\u2019s immigration agenda is putting them at renewed risk of deportation.<\/p>\n

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