He Fought for the United States. Then the United States Forced Him Out.

A Purple Heart veteran lived here nearly 50 years. Immigration policy pushed him to self-deport.

Rep. Seth Magaziner speaks during a House Homeland Security hearing entitled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland,” while Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart decorated U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea due to a removal order, joins the hearing via a video call, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2025.

For nearly half a century, Sae Jo…