Enoch Orona is unsure when he’ll be dispatched for his third tour of duty. But the Navy sailor’s greatest fear is not combat — it’s returning home to find that his mom isn’t there.
Orona, 30, is paying close attention to the news, checking his phone often for any updates on immigration raids that President Trump announced could begin any day now. He can’t help but imagine men with guns surrounding his parents’ home in Virginia.
“It would be like the world crashing down if I come back home to find out that my mother’s been deported,” Orona said. “She’s been pretty much my support this entire time. She supported my dream of going into the military when I was younger. She supported me when I was on deployment when I called home.”
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