Sae Joon Park is back in the global spotlight.
Park, a U.S. Army veteran who lived in America for nearly five decades, self-deported to South Korea after immigration officials said he would otherwise be forcefully removed from the country back this summer.
"I just feel that this is unfair for those who fought for our country to be treated this way," Park said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Friday, Dec. 12.
Less than 24 hours earlier, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced a barrage of questions related to the department’s immigration efforts, including whether U.S. military veterans have been deported under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Park joined the hearing at the invitation of Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, after the congressman asked Noem how many U.S. military veterans had been deported.
