Posted on 07/05/2011 11:56:47 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
The “Path to Citizenship is about 700 miles wide, give or take.
The “Path to Citizenship is about 700 miles wide, give or take.
Sprry, sorry
the whole “...or military service” is simply BS! It is a straw man argument!
ALL persons who enlist and serve honorably in the United States military for 4+ years are able to request and receive US Citizenship! This has been the case since the 1970’s!!!
This is basically a way for people who just want to go to college to get the same citizenship path as those who are willing to put their lives on the line - BS!!!!!!
Screw this, screw President Obama and screw all these damn illegals!
SEND THEM HOME!!!
My take exactly. Although I will make ONE exception. If they volunteer for the military, serve their term, and are honorably discharged, then I'm OK with citizenship. For ALL other cases your comment fits my feelings exactly. But if they have ANY criminal record (and for this purpose includes juvenile offenses).....Back to Mehico you go.
Ping!
LLS
Yes - let’s reward lawbreaking.
It worked for Geithner, Rangel, etc.
Just not for you white middle class slobs.
Now pay your taxes - your new neighbors who are being rewarded for breaking the law need the money. :)
So how is this program fair? What about the same kinds of children who don't go to college or serve in the military? Maybe they are plumbers or electricians or mothers. The reason is transparent enough. It is all about selling it to the public. It has nothing to do with compassion and fairness. It is about a piecemeal amnesty.
Permanent residency is amnesty.
That only applies to legal immigrants with green cards. They can get expedited citizenship if they serve. Illegal aliens are prohibited from serving.
What a f**king disgrace that would be. We might as well set up a mercenary military with the price being citizenship. We don't need to use lawbreakers to serve inour armed forces. It is a privilege not a payoff to illegal aliens. As a veteran, I view such a solution as an insult.
A prohibition on illegal aliens serving would make sense in the context that the military prohibits law breakers from serving. But if they were to return to Mexico and apply, I would think they'd have the same eligibililty as my Korean and Japanese friends who served in Nam.
No need to round 'em up.
1) No work without citizenship/legal status.
2) No government benefits without citizenship/legal status.
3) No deportation-proofing of entire families for having anchor babies. (Anchor babies get deported along with their families but can return at age 18 if they choose to do so. Canada does this and it makes sense to me.)
In order to enlist and serve, you must be here legally. Immigrants with a permanent residency status, a green card, can enlist and serve and then receive expedited citizenship. Illegal aliens are prohibited from serving in the US military.
Do mommy, daddy, grandma, grandpa and the other illegal relatives get shipped back home?
A prohibition on illegal aliens serving would make sense in the context that the military prohibits law breakers from serving. But if they were to return to Mexico and apply, I would think they'd have the same eligibililty as my Korean and Japanese friends who served in Nam.
Go to any of the services websites and take a look at the qualifications to serve in the US military. Here is the Navy's.
The above is for enlisted personnel. To be an officer you must be a US citizen. Security clearances can be a problem if you are a foreigner. It limits what one can do.
The bottom line is that illegal aliens cannot join the US military.
Once the “child” reaches 21, he/she can sponsor their parents, siblings, wife, etc. to be here. That is how the Dream Act becomes an amnesty for millions.
Gotta disagree. Anyone who is willing to put his or her ass in the line of fire for this country deserves to be a citizen irrespective of their motivation. Of course, I also think that anybody who "conscientious objects" should lose theirs.
‘They’ being the police?
If not on pay roll, at least threatened.
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