Posted on 11/30/2010 2:46:05 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate Democrat said Tuesday he'd move to force a test vote this week on a measure to give tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants a path to legal status.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he'd move to schedule action on the so-called Dream Act, which would give more than 100,000 young immigrants brought to the United States before the age of 16 a chance to become legal residents if they attend college or join the military.
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The open-borders progressives DREAM Act is an electoral nightmare. Its not just an illegal alien student bailout. Its a 2.1 million future Democrat voter recruitment drive. The path to citizenship dangled by Obama is a superhighway to generations of big government-birthed, identity politics-nursed dependents
Right now the military is open only to legal permanent residents (green card holders) not illegals.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Just bring'em all in a take away the jobs that were Harry's constituents. Oh well, this commie group has spread the cancer to the 4th stage & nothing can cure it.
I'm a proponent of legal, controlled immigration. If they are interested in serving our country and can make a positive contribution, I think we should give them precedence over those who would make less of a contribution to our country.
http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/military.html
I'm not really opposed to opening up military service to those who wish to become residents and eventually citizens, but I'm not sure how you set up an objective system of who you would accept and also limit the numbers so we don't get a flood of recruits with questionable allegiances.
In the house version there is no upper age limit, so 75 year old illegals could qualify if they met the other requirements.
SENATE VERSION
Under the new DREAM Act, immigrants may qualify in part, by meeting the following requirements which have not been finalized by Congress:
And how do you think he got re-elected?
¡Muchas gracias, amigos!
All anybody, a single republican even, needs to do to get under Harry’s skin and gum up the works is to deny his unanimous consents.
Yet none of them will do it.
Nevada
I was thinking of the Arizona fiasco re illegals and posted before engaging brain.
No problem, FRiend.
>>Our military is not composed of mercenaries. We recruit our force from citizens and legal permanent residents.Our military is not composed of mercenaries. We recruit our force from citizens and legal permanent residents.<<
Apparently not — it isn’t being a mercenary to put one’s life on the line for us and just ask that we reward that with recognition of the sacrifice.
I am still quite torn...
Thank you, the idiot voters of Nevada.
US Military Enlistment Standards
Apparently not it isnt being a mercenary to put ones life on the line for us and just ask that we reward that with recognition of the sacrifice.
I don't want an illegal alien to put their life on the line for me or sacrifice anything for this country. They should just leave. I say that as a veteran who served 8 years in the military including a year in Vietnam. Service in the military is an honor and privilege. There is no quid pro quo for that service.
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