U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemning her agency’s treatment of Sae Joon Park, a Hawaii veteran and Purple Heart recipient who was ordered to “self-deport” to South Korea in June after more than five decades living in the United States.

Blumenthal is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and Hirono (D-Hawaii) has served on the committee for years.

“While DHS press releases frequently claim that this administration is going after ‘the worst of the worst,’ your department’s actions towards this veteran say otherwise,” the lawmakers wrote in the Friday letter. “As members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, we ask why your department chose to treat someone who has f

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