SEATTLE - As Veterans Day approaches, several organizations, like Veterans for Peace and the Black Deported Veterans of America, gathered on Saturday for one purpose: to shine a spotlight on service members separated from their families and facing deportation .

"We stand together today to say no to raids, no to cages, no to mass deportations," one speaker said. As they spoke, they held a poster with the names and faces of veterans who have been deported or died in exile.

"We put our lives on the line, we put our hands up, take an oath, and then we pick up a rifle and put our lives on the line that automatically says we are an American citizen right there, we are willing to die," one veteran said to the crowd.

Deported veterans gathering ahead of Veterans Day 2025

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