WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Friday said that it planned to allow deported veterans and their family members to return to the U.S.Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered immigration agencies to take immediate steps to return veterans, The Washington Post reported.
Mayorkas also said deportation proceedings would be halted, the publication added, and the government would review its policies."The Department of Homeland Security recognizes the profound commitment and sacrifice that service members and their families have made to the United States of America," Mayorkas said, as reported by the Post.