Posted on 06/04/2017 3:20:46 PM PDT by BBell
TIJUANA, MEXICO — Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat whose district runs the length of the state’s border with Mexico, introduced a set of bills last fall aimed at helping U.S. military veterans who were deported after they were convicted of crimes. The bills stalled, casualties of what he called bad timing during the presidential campaign.
Vargas reintroduced the bills last week, because now he sees “a real opportunity.” He and six other Democratic members of Congress spent Saturday in this Mexican border town visiting deported veterans to press the issue, thinking that President Trump might be receptive to the argument that they are veterans first and deportees second.
These veterans, who agreed to serve in the U.S. military in exchange for a chance at U.S. citizenship, sit at the intersection of an issue with broad bipartisan interest — the treatment of those who fought for the nation — and immigration, an issue that resonates with the Democratic base.
“Hopefully someone in the administration, this time, will say, ‘We’re doing such a horrible job. The world hates us now. This is something we can do that’s positive,” Vargas said in an interview, noting that the administration has been mired in bad news and that the previous White House failed to take up the issue. “It’s a good opportunity for them to do something unambiguously positive: to help veterans.”
Vargas and his delegation brought their message Saturday to the Deported Veterans Support House in northern Tijuana. Here, they met with veterans who served but then had problems before they obtained full citizenship, finding themselves ejected from the United States after running afoul of the law.
Hector Barajas, who is leading an effort to get his peers back into the United States, made his case in front of the delegation and reporters. Barajas was deported
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What branch were you in and what years?
How can you assume that an illegal alien can join our military? They cannot! There guys entered the country legally, enlisted, committed a crime and were kicked out! Bye-bye, bonsoir, and be gone!
But not for illegally entering the country.
What’s that old saying...One “Aw shoot” wipes out all your “Atta boys”. Sanitized version.
When I was a SSGT shift supervisor, an Airman that worked for me had been in the Air Force Prison at Denver. He was processed under the UCMJ and confined. When he was released he was sent back to the field to complete his enlistment.
I was the only one told and had to keep it confidential. He was not, repeat, was not, a foreigner. As a matter of fact he was in a theft ring with his relatives, stealing fire extinguishers and test equipment to sell back home on the black market. The Air Force OSI is smarter than anyone can imagine.
A few years before that, a shift supervisor that I reported to that was busted for selling pornography and drugs from his room in the barracks. This guy was a holdover from the draft and was the worst loser I had ever seen.
I basically agree with you here too, if you serve you should swear exclusive loyalty to the U.S. and the Constitution (I did not personally serve, so I am not 100% sure if this isnt the case already).
But if someone is willing to put their life on the line for our country they should be given some sort of fast track to become a citizen, assuming they have been honorably discharged.
These illegals are not combat arms. They fulfilled a support role for those that actually faced death.
I say no to them.
It’s like saying the custodian who mops up blood after an operation is on the same level as the surgeon. He’s not. He is merely an illegal who has a job.
They need to GTFO. We don’t need them.
When I was in the Marines I was in the infantry and we had a number of green card carrying infantrymen. The first blond haired blue eyed guy with a green card I ever met was in my unit. He was Canadian. I did not believe him when he said he had a green card until he showed it to me.
One from outside the country can’t serve in the military without U.S. residency (green card), so they must have done something pretty bad to lose residency.
This should be true for any position in government.
Sorry, but citizenship should not be for sale. Maybe preference for but no automatic citizenship. Terrorists, drug dealers, and other undesirables can join the military. Hasan also joined the military.
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