Miguel Perez Jr., who was raised in Chicago from the time he was 8 years old and had a green card, joined the Army before 9/11 and served with a Special Forces unit in Afghanistan. Before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put him on a plane to Brownsville, Texas, in March 2018 and escorted him across the U.S.-Mexico border last spring, Perez fought for more than a year to stay in the country. Being granted clemency will allow him to petition for reentry.