The Deadly Military-Vet-to-ICE Pipeline

The media spent a lot of time this summer examining whether a certain Maine oysterman and Marine veteran seeking federal employment should have been better vetted by those around him. Even after Graham Platner abandoned his US Senate bid, his friends and foes argued about whether service-related conditions — which earned him a 100 percent disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — contributed to past substance abuse, mental health problems, and aggression against intimate…