The ‘curse’ of veterans caught in the US deportation machinery

After 15 years behind bars, Sergeant Jose Barco — a decorated veteran wounded in the Iraq War — was released from prison on the second day of Donald Trump’s second presidency. His freedom, however, lasted only a few moments. Outside, immigration agents were waiting for him. Since then, he has been held in detention centers, counting down the days to a deportation that now represents both a relief and the latest misfortune in a list that has only grown longer since he joined the U.S. army at 17. His wife, Tia Barco, has only one explanation: it must be a “curse.”

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