You have one helluva nerve posting this sort of Barbra Streisand on this thread. This Marine was a LEGAL immigrant and more of a man than you (presuming you are male) could ever HOPE to be if you live forever. Go crawl back under your putrid and disgusting rock.
He was honoring this young Marine even though it would appear, according to the newspaper, that he wasn't a citizen of the US when he came here since he'd just gotten his green card in 2000 right before he enlisted in the military.
It was while he was in the Marines that he became a US citizen.
It might, then, be safe to presume that he was here in the first place as an illegal immigrant or here on another type of program, maybe a tourist visa or something.
Although, there are alot of great illegal and ex-illegal immigrants around here, I'd really prefer that they enter our country the legal way but time is probably against them.
God Bless this man! He IS a credit to our country and his legacy will live on.