Soldiers fight for U.S., worry as family members face deportation
"Every base has immigration problems," said Margaret Stock, an Army reservist and immigration attorney teaching at United States Military Academy at West Point. "The government they're fighting for is the same government that's trying to deport their families."
These families' stories show that living at the crossroads of the most divisive issues confronting America—immigration policy and the Iraq war—comes at a high cost.
"If I'm willing to die for the United States, why can't I just be allowed to be with my family?" said U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Eduardo Gonzalez, a citizen whose wife entered the country illegally from Guatemala when she was 5 years old and is now in deportation proceedings.
JULIANA BARBASSA for the Associated Press.