November 06, 2023
Last week Robert Vivar the Co-Director of the Deported Veterans Office and the VFP Chapter in Tijuana BC Mexico along with approximately 12 other Deported Veterans with approximately 60 people in the delegation with the ACLU, LULAC and Members of VFW Post 7420 in Barrio Logan. It was an "all expense paid" effort for Lobbying Staff of Republican Congress Members in the House and the Senate to Co-Sponsor and Support HR 4969 the Veterans Service and Recognition Act. Robert is preparing an After Action Report with additional photos which will provide more details on the effort that will be finalized by next week. It will be sent out to "all" Chapter 91 Members and Supporters then.
From left to right standing on White House Grounds, Ms. Jenny Pasquarella, ACLU Southern California, Director, Ms Noreen Shah ACLU Washington DC, Director of Governmental Affairs, our own Robert Vivar, Repatriated Blue Star Father and Grandfather. and the Co-Director of VFP Chapter 182 in Tijuana and the Unified U. S. Deported Veterans Resource & Information Office on the Border, Our own Alex Murillo Repatriated U. S. Navy Veteran, Hector Barajaas, who was Repatriated U. S. Army 82nd Airborne, Veteran, from the Deported Veterans Support House (AKA) the Bunker,
Daniel Torres a Iraq Marine Corps Combat Veteran Repatriated from the Bunker and lastly a Member of the White House Staff , whose name I do not know, that they were able to meet with to carry the message to President Biden and his Administration.