Judging by Mitt’s previous words, he will only give some kind of residency to the few (and known) thousand of illegals who signed up for military service, but not to anyone else.
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If those are Willards own words then judging by those previous words, Willard is as ignorant of what it takes to enlist in the US military as he is of most other things American...
But, based on at least my research, I've found the Army at least can grant waivers for almost anything, including immigration status, and may have done that at times over the course of the last decade of war.
Nonetheless, we both recognize that it's just a handful of cases in question and Zero is trying to conflate criminal border jumpers with these very few people (all of whom are known by name, rank, and serial number).