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Veterans Affairs Resources Are Being Diverted to Help Illegal Aliens. Veteran Explains

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Federal Veterans Affairs resources are being used to serve illegal aliens, says Army veteran Derick Carver. “Essentially, what's happening is, the VA was caught moving processors from the VA to support [Immigration and Customs Enforcement Health Services Corps] processing detainee medicals,” he says.  “We're talking over 1.1 million people,” said Carver, who currently serves as a graduate fellow in the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation.  “We're talking hundreds of thousands of initial medical exams, with follow-up exams, hundreds of thousands of prescriptions being filled, dental appointments, vision appointments,” he added. “I mean, the care that the detainees are getting is better than a lot of what the veterans are getting and without … the hoops to jump through, because they just have access to this once they're detained.”  After being severely injured in Afghanistan in 2010, losing his left leg, part of his right leg, and a number of fingers, Carver became acutely aware of the issues with VA hospitals.  “I've stopped receiving care at VA [hospitals] because of just how negligent they are at times, especially with someone with my injuries and the levels of injuries that I have. It's just not feasible to receive proper care at a VA, or even at a private hospital for that matter,” Carver said. Instead, the veteran said he visits either Walter Reed Army National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, or Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas—neither is a VA hospital—to receive care.  Carver joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share his personal story, discuss needed reforms for VA hospitals, and explain what steps should be taken to ensure U.S. veterans are receiving the physical, mental, and emotional care they need and deserve.  Enjoy the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, August 12th. I'm Virginia Allen.

0:10.5

Veterans Affairs resources are being used to serve illegal aliens.

0:15.2

That's according to Army veteran Derek Carver. Carver served in Afghanistan and was

0:22.0

injured in 2010. served in Afghanistan and was injured. In 2010 he lost a leg and multiple fingers and had

0:27.9

multiple shrapnel injuries. Well his experience with Veterans Affairs was

0:32.4

less than ideal and he describes some of those challenges on today's show,

0:37.0

and also explains why he believes that Veterans Affairs in some ways are placing illegal aliens

0:43.7

over their own veterans.

0:45.3

Stay tuned for my conversation with Derek Carver

0:48.0

after this.

0:49.0

This is Rob Lewy from the Daily Signal.

0:55.0

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I am so pleased to welcome to the show today,

1:30.3

Army veteran Derek Carver. Right now he serves as a graduate fellow in the

1:34.8

Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation.

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