[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[VU4G10]

My heart bleeds.

[PatrioticAmerican]

So, how did a person get to be a soldier if they didn't have a valid identity? Just who the Hell is the Army turning away?

[freeangel]

Surely, Bush could issue some type of an exception for this soldier and his family although it sounds as if they should have taken advantage of one of the previous amnesty programs.

[boxerblues]

We have a soldier who could use some help over here. He fought for us, he should be allowed to stay.

[aquila48]

This is so asinine...

Here we have california giving free tuition and driver's license to known illegals without them being at any risk of being deported, and then we take someone that has fought for this country being threatened like this - we should be giving him instant citizenship!!

WE ARE DOOMED!!!

[dark_lord]

Escalante was 4 when his parents entered the United States illegally.

A key point. Put not the sins of the parents on their children. They guy served. Let him in.

[Britton J Wingfield]

He's earned his right to be here.

[Ajnin]

He needs to be deported ASAP.

[Ajnin]

When soldiers get DUI's in the states after serving in combat do we forgive them? No we don't. USC vets are treated just like anybody else when they break the law. Illegal aliens should be treated the same and not given special treatment.

[No Truce With Kings]

This is a no-brainer. Anyone who volunteers for the Army, then volunteers for combat, serves in combat, and keeps his nose clean while in the Army deserves to remain in the Armed Forces of the United States, and become a citizen. I really don't care how he got there. This is the type of service that earns you an exception to the rules.

As for those "rules are rules" types that cannot see why this kid merits an exception? Consider a job in public education. People with no brains get to be administrators all the time. It's the perfect place for people who don't care to think.
except, of course to those with no brains.

[agrace]

They own a three-bedroom house.

Outrageous. Probably got a HUD loan too.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

If I remember correctly when a foreign national served in the US Military they were then automaticly considered to be a citizen. Has something changed?

[cyborg]

Escalante was 4 when his parents entered the United States illegally.

*** Did anyone in this thread miss this? He was four. He didn't exactly come over here recently, as if a four year old has a choice in anything.

[garybob]

An inspector general asked Escalante about his enlistment while he was in Iraq, he said. Escalante said he told the official about the fake green card he used to enlist, and nothing came of it.

It has been my experience that IG's do not go around asking privates about their enlistments without a compelling reason. The company chain of command probably smelled a rat and called the IG.

It is possible this guy is a sub-standard soldier. After all, this article only tells Escalante's side of the story. Wonder what his First Sergeant would say?

[TADSLOS]

He's already done more for this country as an illegal than the vast majority of full fledged American Citizens his age. He earned his citizenship and should it should be granted to him.