How did they join the military if they were illegal?
Fraud?? ID theft? Perjury?
If they saved some lives or some heroic deed then that is special circumstances,but plenty of 'military' jobs are sitting around doing nothing.
“How did they join the military if they were illegal?
Fraud?? ID theft? Perjury? “
Yes, there are many in the military who are illegal using stolen ID.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2012/06/22/president-obama-mitt-romney-aim-help-illegal-service-members-who-shouldn-uniform/FAW5x8g0wvB1gaHNAjiXbO/story.html
Letting aliens in the military started under Bush. They came on temp visas, etc. Do you recall all the articles where gang bangers were just gang banging when they got in the army too?
It worked this way... let them join the military...keeps the numbers up in the service. The illegal aliens take the jobs that our young people would take if they could get them, but since aliens took them, they have no choice but go in the service.
Hey, someone has to fight the neocons/Obama wars.
2009 “Under a statute invoked in 2002 by the Bush administration, immigrants who serve in the military can apply to become citizens on the first day of active service, and they can take the oath in as little as six months.
.......Immigrants who are permanent residents, with documents commonly known as green cards, have long been eligible to enlist. But the new effort, for the first time since the Vietnam War, will open the armed forces to temporary immigrants if they have lived in the United States for a minimum of two years, according to military officials familiar with the plan. ....about 29,000 foreign-born people currently serving are not American citizens.” [snip] Last I saw, that was about 40,000.
Gang Activity in the U.S. Military
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According to a recently released FBI report, Gang-related activity in the US
military is increasing and poses a threat to law enforcement officials and national ..