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Some non-U.S. citizen veterans who were deported over non-violent crimes say there needs to be reform. U.S. Navy veteran Joe Rico said he enlisted after 9/11, spurred on by a sense of patriotism. He was deployed to Iraq twice and earned numerous medals for his service. But after he was honorably discharged, Rico says he struggled with his mental health and turned to drugs to cope. He was convicted on drug charges and served almost five years in prison. Rico says he thought he would be allowed to go back home, but instead he was deported to Mexico. "I even asked the judge, 'Are you really going to deport a veteran?'" Rico, who had legal permanent resident status before enlisting, recalled. "And he's like, 'Well, thank you for your service, but says here you gotta go.'" Caption Joe Rico, a U.S. Navy veteran, has been fighting a deportation order for the last five years. ABC News Rico is one of many immigrant veterans who have been fighting dep...

A U_S_ official says the government believes the driver who crashed into the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco the day before did so “with malign intent." SAN FRANCISCO -- A U.S. official said Tuesday the government believes the driver who crashed into the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco the day before did so “with malign intent,” but police haven’t shared details about the driver’s identity or motive for what the Chinese government has branded a “ violent attack.” A witness waiting his turn to submit his visa documents at the consulate Monday described seeing the car barrel through the main doors at full speed before striking a wall. The driver was bleeding from his head as he exited the vehicle yelling about the C.C.P., an abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party, Sergii Molchanov said. San Francisco police arrived on scene and shot the driver, who died later in a hospital. “We condemn this incident and all violence per Pet rated against foreign diplomatic staff workin...

A Georgia sheriff has released video of a violent struggle between a deputy and a Black man he pulled over that shows the driver forcing the deputy's head backward with his hands before the deputy shoots him at point-blank range WOODBINE, Ga. -- A Georgia deputy fatally shot a Black man at point-blank range during a traffic stop after the man, who had been wrongfully imprisoned years ago, grabbed the officer by the neck and was forcing his head backward, according to video released by a sheriff Wednesday. The family of Leonard Cure, 53, viewed the dash and body camera video before Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor's office posted it online. Relatives said they suspect Cure resisted being arrested because of psychological trauma from spending 16 years imprisoned in Florida for an armed robbery he didn't commit. “I believe there were possibly some issues going on, some mental issues with my brother,” Michael Cure said of his slain brother. “I know him quite well. The office...

Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker pulled over 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario while he was in uniform on the evening of Dec. 5, 2020. A traffic stop drew outrage around the country when two Windsor, Virginia, police officers pulled over an Afro-Latino U.S. Army veteran in December 2020. Guns drawn, they pepper sprayed him and allegedly assaulted him. Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker pulled over 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario while he was in uniform on the evening of Dec. 5, 2020. Body camera footage showed Gutierrez pepper spray Nazario when he would not get out of the car. “Can you please relax?” Nazario said to the officers while sitting in his car, bodycam footage showed. "Get out of the car now!” Gutierrez said and proceeded to pepper spray Nazario in the face just after the lieutenant explained that he was actively serving in the U.S. armed forces. MORE: Trial set for Black soldier's lawsuit over allegedly violent traffic stop In this image taken from Windsor, Va., Police ...