For a short period of time he moved back to Mexico due to a family illness. but returned to the United States as an adult and applied to reactivate his permanent residency. It was granted and he enlisted in the Army. A few years later. the Board of Immigration Appeals reversed its decision and ordered Sergeant Bojorquez deported. For several years he filed motions and appeals. and in a final attempt to become a citizen of this country. Manuel contacted the President on July 12. 1994. and requested that he designate the Persian Gulf war a period of military hostility which would allow active duty aliens. such as himself. to apply for naturalization. Despite the concern. support. and assistance of Representative CRAMER and myself. 2 weeks before Thanksgiving the District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service informed Manuel he would be deported on February 1. 1995. With little hope left. Manuel contacted the President again and finally his prayers were answered.
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