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Deported U.S. Navy Veteran Howard Bailey Returns Home After a Decade in Exile.
Help Give Him a New Start!
Advocates and elected officials across the country have celebrated the return home of U.S. Navy veteran Howard Bailey, who recently reunited with his family in Virginia after over a decade of living in exile in Jamaica following his unjust deportation. Now, we are asking those who have been moved by Howard’s story and his sacrifice to help support him upon his return to the U.S. with a new start.
“Eleven years ago I went to bed with my family and woke up to be snatched away from my home and family--dragged out by ICE officers while my children watched,” said Howard. “While I fought my case for two years in immigration detention someone inside said to me ‘hey man--here, hope is dead. What are you hoping for?’ These past 11 years I thought he was right, but today I am home and I feel hope is alive again after so long.”
Howard served for four years in the U.S. Navy, including during Operation Desert Storm, but nevertheless ICE ripped him from his family for detention and deportation based on a marijuana conviction later pardoned by the governor of Virginia and despite his lawful permanent resident status.
“When I was deported, my family’s entire lives went down the drain. I was the main provider and they were left financially drained--they could barely survive. The emotional devastation gripped my mother, my siblings, my children--my deportation was a negative chain effect for every single person in my family,” said Howard. “This is not something I wish on anyone--I would never want to live and see any other family go through what my family went through.”
Howard has fought for years for himself, for fellow veterans, and for others who have suffered under our immigration laws. Those of us who know Howard and his amazing family want to help set him up with a fresh start in the U.S. Howard lost everything when he was deported to Jamaica, including his business and his home. Please help us give back to Howard as he has given to so many others, so he can begin his new life here.
You can read more about Howard’s return in this Washington Post article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-country-he-fought-for-sent-him-into-exile-but-this-veteran-finally-came-home/2021/08/26/ac150d88-068c-11ec-8c3f-3526f81b233b_story.html
This Politico article written by Howard goes more into the heartbreaking details of his story. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/04/howard-dean-bailey-deported-i-served-my-country-and-then-it-kicked-me-out-105606/
Help Give Him a New Start!
Advocates and elected officials across the country have celebrated the return home of U.S. Navy veteran Howard Bailey, who recently reunited with his family in Virginia after over a decade of living in exile in Jamaica following his unjust deportation. Now, we are asking those who have been moved by Howard’s story and his sacrifice to help support him upon his return to the U.S. with a new start.
“Eleven years ago I went to bed with my family and woke up to be snatched away from my home and family--dragged out by ICE officers while my children watched,” said Howard. “While I fought my case for two years in immigration detention someone inside said to me ‘hey man--here, hope is dead. What are you hoping for?’ These past 11 years I thought he was right, but today I am home and I feel hope is alive again after so long.”
Howard served for four years in the U.S. Navy, including during Operation Desert Storm, but nevertheless ICE ripped him from his family for detention and deportation based on a marijuana conviction later pardoned by the governor of Virginia and despite his lawful permanent resident status.
“When I was deported, my family’s entire lives went down the drain. I was the main provider and they were left financially drained--they could barely survive. The emotional devastation gripped my mother, my siblings, my children--my deportation was a negative chain effect for every single person in my family,” said Howard. “This is not something I wish on anyone--I would never want to live and see any other family go through what my family went through.”
Howard has fought for years for himself, for fellow veterans, and for others who have suffered under our immigration laws. Those of us who know Howard and his amazing family want to help set him up with a fresh start in the U.S. Howard lost everything when he was deported to Jamaica, including his business and his home. Please help us give back to Howard as he has given to so many others, so he can begin his new life here.
You can read more about Howard’s return in this Washington Post article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-country-he-fought-for-sent-him-into-exile-but-this-veteran-finally-came-home/2021/08/26/ac150d88-068c-11ec-8c3f-3526f81b233b_story.html
This Politico article written by Howard goes more into the heartbreaking details of his story. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/04/howard-dean-bailey-deported-i-served-my-country-and-then-it-kicked-me-out-105606/
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Galen Smith
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Madison, CT