GET THEM OUT!! AMERICANS ONLY!!Are we crazy?
Lots of folks get discharged from the military all of the time. Citizen, legal immigrant whatever. Get a drunk driving and you get kicked out.
Didn’t Rome promise citizenship for foreigners who served in their military. Worked out well for them, didn’t it?(/s)
I served with a number of nationals and they all served admirably. The Filipino corpsman come to mind. They most definitely EARNED their citizenship.
An old timer who was in prior to WWII said the Corps had entire platoons of Polish speaking machine gunners and they all did a great job.
My ex-wife earned her citizenship while in the Corps.
If they are well vetted and do the job, I don’t have a problem.
What made them think that enlisting was a path to citizenship, or allowed them to enlist in the first place?
But under wee barry, NOTHING legal nor right ever mattered.
As long as they’re purging migrants, execute that jerk, Nidal Hasan, for the 2009 Fort Hood terrorist attack. He needs to kick the oxygen habit.
The 5,000 in one year seems high, and like possibly Obama’s attempt to give so many immigrants the chance in his last year, left the bankground checks sloppy or just not really complete.
I had a Canadian in my Company that was absolutely the finest soldier in the unit! He gained citizenship through his great ability.
The FBI Announces Gangs Have Infiltrated Every Branch Of The Military
10/22/11
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2796474/posts
I’m of a mixed opinion. When I was in high school, I read Simon Murray’s “Legionnaire” that chronicled his enlistment in the French Foreign Legion. At the end of his enlistment, he was granted French citizenship. But Simon wasn’t married (and I don’t think Legion recruits could be back then) and he had to pass an interview and criminal background check just to win the shot at being a boot who still had to pass basic to be assigned to an FFL unit.
Point: I think that’s how it should be done. Unmarried with no immediate or extended family in the country counting on you as their means of support. And you have to pass a criminal background check, physical, and interview to determine if you’d be a good fit for the armed forces to even get to basic. Pass basic, schools, and fulfill the terms of an honorable enlistment and then you (and you alone) are extended the franchise to become a citizen.
We’ve been doing this for many years. It has worked out well.
I can understand some folks balking at the practice. I’m not convinced it’s worthy of the criticism.
If a foreign national serves with distinction, why not?
We have many people who have gone through these programs. I can’t recall a single instance of treachery.
Look at our own citizens. Only a few have sold secrets, but it’s my take citizens have done this more than foreign nationals.
I’m willing to listen to both sides of the argument. For now I still support it.
If a foreign national is here legally, it’s okay. I won’t support an illegal alien doing it.
Some of the service members say they were not told why they were being discharged. Others who pressed for answers said the Army informed them they’d been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defense Department had not completed background checks on them.
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No big mystery then. This is a security issue. Trump is plugging more holes created by that fairy, Obama.
The story is bs! The recruits are filing lawsuits and bypassing chain of command. The recruit is still responsible for their status and must spend the money and time to keep their residency status up to date. It is not the military’s responsibility. The army kept sending me to a class to scare me about ever being arrested and the criminal repercussions for lying. One day the CO told me my FBI report said I was lying. I told him the FBI file also has a expungement letter from a judge that I’m not lying. He said “Yep, your right.” never heard anything again. If the recruits refuse to sign the documents pertaining to them being discharge and tell their chain of command they acted in good faith and want to continue to serve or they will write their representatives in congress they will continue.
No a student visa is not enough...
an immigrant must have an Alien Registration Card AKA a green card...
a foreigner here on a student visa is not an immigrant...
[Immigration attorney Margaret] Stock said the service members she’s heard from had been told the Defense Department had not managed to put them through extensive background checks, which include CIA, FBI and National Intelligence Agency screenings and counterintelligence interviews. Therefore, by default, they do not meet the background check requirement. […]Funny how they bury this several paragraphs down.
The AP interviewed Calixto and recruits from Pakistan and Iran, all of whom said they were devastated by their unexpected discharges. …
Why doesn't it say members of the Army? Is this fake news?
So what's the effen problem? They're here legally for G-d's sake! What are they NOT telling us in the article?