WORLD BRIEFING / CANADA
The first female soldier to flee the U.S. military for Canada to avoid the Iraq war said authorities ordered her deported this month along with her husband and their children, one of whom was born in Canada.
Kimberly Rivera said her requests to stay on humanitarian and compassionate grounds were rejected. The family must leave Canada by Jan. 27 unless the order is reversed.
Rivera, a private first class in the Army based at Ft. Carson, Colo., served in Iraq in 2006 and went to Canada the following year after she was ordered to serve another tour. She could be court-martialed when she returns to the U.S. and could face up to five years in prison.
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