Posted on 08/20/2011 1:32:05 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
They committed a crime by being illegally in the country so the correct answer to your question is NO. Go to Mexico or wherever they are legal citizens and apply from there.
Wait, what?? How are illegal immigrants getting into the military in the first place?
A debatable point. However, how is it even possible for illegal aliens to serve in the US military?
” Well, Perry isn’t Commander in Chief so.....the FEDERAL government??? “
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can’t you look at your OWN words for a minute?
you blame the CURRENT Commander in Chief for doing something,
that PERRY wants to REWARD.
...illegals who BREAK OUR LAW, break our constitution,
to enter our country illegally, and LIE to get into the military, and Perry wants to reward them?
is there NOTHING that Perry does or says, that bothers you the slightest ???
not speaking at La Raza or Islamic gatherings?
(CAIR Houston
“The Muslim community has a significant number of political conservatives, and they do support Perry,” said Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations in Houston, “)
So WHY do you want Perry so badly?
if another candidate was IDENTICAL in record, you’d jump all over them.
( i know you would. you are a TRUE patriot.
i’ve read and ADMIRED your posts in the past !!!
you are a wonderful conservative American !!!)
so WHY the blinders for Perry ?
I actually agree that if someone is here illegally, but can pass a background check and the military wants them, they should be allowed to stay and serve. If they do a good job, then at the end of their second or third enlistment, they can take the citizenship test.
It is amnesty!!
What is the difference between paying a fine or serving in the military?
In both cases lawbreakers are rewarded for their crimes!
How many honest people do you think are out there that would give their left nut to come to the USA legally, serve in the military and gain citizenship?
I’m guessing tens of millions.
And instead you want to give that opportunity to the scum lawbreakers already here???
someone please explain how an illegal alien gets into the military. Permanent Residents, yes - but illegals? no way!
I agree 100%. If you have the balls to fight for America, you should be awarded citizenship, and your immediate family as well. This is how immigration SHOULD work......
If you're going to comment on my comment, at least know what comment I was commenting on.
Perhaps a paid poster.
Being going on for a long time. Little known fact, during the Vietnam War more Canadians crossed the border to enlist in the US military than Americans crossed into Canada to dodge the draft.
“llegal aliens should not be in the military. Period. End of story. They should be expelled when found out. From the military and the country.”
I am quite certain that illegal aliens are not showing up in recruiting stations where, of course, they would be turned in. But I am not 100% certain anymore.
The newspaper or Rick himself or both, got this wrong. I’d like to know which. And the country needs for people to stop getting this wrong; the distinction between legal immigrant citizens and aliens living here illegally.
If we can’t find enough US citizens to meet our needs, it just might be that our global military policy lacks popular support. Who the hell wants to risk their lives dealing with Afghans on an RoE more restrictive than a cop on the streets of Chicago has to deal with, for no purpose that can be seriously construed as a vital national interest?
” They are being allowed to serve’
NO Absolutely no! illegals are not allowed to serve. If any illegal is in the militarty they got in with false documents.
anyone who used false docs to join should be prosecuted NOT given citizenship
right now legal immingrants can join and apply for citizenship right away.LEGAL
Perry is full of crap on that issue ANd on allowing illegals to pay in state tuition here in Texas
No illegals in our military EVER.
I think I agree with this
If you enlist in the miliatry and serve honorably, then OK- you can become a ciizen at the end of your term
“How about if I go to college?”
No.
“How about if my parents brought me here?”
No.
“How about if I serve in the military?”
No.
It’s not on the United States to provide you with a way to earn what you’ve already stolen. Earning and theft are mutually exclusive.
Citizenship is not for sale. Not at any price.
There is a world of difference between giving a preference to those illegals who served in the military and those who are being granted amnesty merely because they are attending college. Clearly the latter is no sacrifice at all and they are not deserving of amnesty. There is an argument however for those who made the sacrifice of serving in the military although I am not sure how an illegal gains entry into the military. It is quite disingenuous to try to lump the 1 percent who served in the military with the 99% who are attending college as if there is some sort of equivalency.There is not.
How CAN illegal aliens GET IN THE MILITARY?..
They are illegal!!.. and aliens!!..
Why would you give this opportunity to illegals, lawbreakers, when there are millions of people waiting in line following the rules that would jump at it??
“Citizenship is not for sale. Not at any price.”
Hear! Hear!
never ever should an illegal be allowed to serve in our military.
NEVER
“There is a world of difference between giving a preference to those illegals who served in the military and those who are being granted amnesty merely because they are attending college.”
There is no difference whatsoever. Both are thieves.
"Hello, my name is Juan. I have just come up from Mexico to your country. I have no skills, but I am strong and young. If you let me enter your armed forces, teach me discipline and your ways, I will fight for you. I ask only for citizenship, should I survive."
Frankly, I'll take a motivated Mexican over the trash we import from Europe and Africa anytime.....
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