Police logs: Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023
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A deported U.S. Army veteran represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic has returned home and become a U.S. citizen.
An Army veteran born in Mexico and raised in Las Cruces becomes a citizen after legal troubles led to deportation and years of exile.
Lawmakers are aiming to advance legislation to streamline the process for granting citizenship to veterans and service members after federal officials called for improvements.
A 2019 government watchdog report found that ICE didn't know how many U.S. military veterans it had deported because of inconsistent record-keeping.