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He Has A Purple Heart & Is A Convicted Felon. ICE Wants To Deport Him

He Has A Purple Heart & Is A Convicted Felon. ICE Wants To Deport Him

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 An NPR exclusive: Deportation proceedings are underway for Jose Barco, an Iraq War veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart. Barco came to the U.S. as a child, enlisted as a teenager, and, after his discharge, was convicted of a felony. Immediately after being paroled in January, he was remanded to ICE custody, where he has remained since.

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This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, immigration policy reporter Ximena Bustillo, and defense correspondent Tom Bowman.

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