Appearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that DHS has “not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.”

As Noem addressed the committee, an aide to ranking member Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) brought out an iPad. Staring out at her via a Zoom call was Sae Joon Park , a 55-year-old U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea in June.

“He is a United States Army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country in Panama in 1989,” Magaziner said . “He is a Purple Heart recipient. He has sacrificed more for this country than most people ever have.

“You deported him to Korea, a country he hasn’t lived in since he was seven years old. Will you join me in thanking Mr. Park for his service to our country

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