HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A tiny handful would be my guess. Serving soldiers and vets get to the head of the line in requesting citizenship. Why are these people not citizens? Could it be that they do not have honorable discharges?
in the Comments a guy who worked for the VA was crying over a homeless immigrant veteran he had worked with
the veteran had been in the military 18 years, was honorably discharged, committed a crime and was deported...
If he had wanted to be a citizen he could have after being in the US for a mere THREE years since he was still in the service...
I became an American citizen while I was in the service..
I wore my uniform to the ceremony...