I just never understood why the GOP'ers hate the immigrants so damn much. It makes no sense to me at all.
Get it right you socialist nut,
Illegal Aliens Have No Rights In This Country
Hmm...how to balance that last comment?
On the one hand, yes you're right, she may illegal. On the other hand, he's a soldier, bravely serving to defend this nation. The least we could do is defend his relationship with his child's mother and their status as a family.
Of course, on the other hand, when this guy gets so distracted worrying about this and, I dunno...freaks out when she gets deported that he opens fire on innocent Iraqis, killing three, and then tries to cover it up, when the investigations begin into how it happened and certain Democratic leaders demand accountability, don't rush to his defense under the auspice that "This is war! You don't understand! You hate the troops! you won't let them do their jobs! Blah, blah, blah."
If you can agree to that, then...well perhaps we can talk a little more.
Since you probably won't, buh-bye now.
Oh, by the way, you might want to take a read over this article. It might interest you...
About 69,300 foreign-born men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces, roughly 5 percent of the total active-duty force, according to the most recent data. Of those, 43 percent -- 29,800 -- are not U.S. citizens. The Pentagon says more than 100 immigrant Soldiers have died in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, President Bush and Congress, citing long-established wartime powers, streamlined the process by which immigrants in the armed forces could become naturalized citizens.
As of October, more than 25,000 immigrant Soldiers had become U.S. citizens as a result. Another 40,000 are believed eligible to apply. And roughly a third of noncitizens in the all-volunteer military come from Mexico and Central America.
"Latinos are very patriotic and see military service as a way to show their appreciation to America and to prove they can be 'real Americans,' " said Dr. Jorge Mariscal, director of Chicano Studies at the University of California at San Diego.
Oh yeah, and this, from the same article:
"The Army is having trouble finding high-quality recruits. In order to meet enlistment quotas, the Army relaxed its behavior and physical standards," said Dr. Stock, who is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve military police. "I'd much rather have a qualified noncitizen as a Soldier than someone native-born who couldn't have gotten in a few years ago."
Immigrants and noncitizens have served in all U.S. wars -- willingly and otherwise -- since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, the Union army recruited Irish immigrants off the boat.
Alfred Rascon, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, won the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during the Vietnam War and later became a U.S. citizen. Gen. John Shalikashvili, a native of Poland, rose to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
yeah, those pesky illegal aliens. Ruining our economy, flooding our schools and emergency departments, volunteering to defend..
...our....
.....nation.....?
Hmmm...
(laughing) We are not talking about some fruit picker crossing the border in the middle of the night here, we are talking about a political refugee that "we" granted asylum to and because of "red tape" (and there is a lot of it assure you) she is being threatened with deportaion. If anyone deserves the right for special considerations it should be thoes who support our troops (for the rest of their lives) when we have all but tossed them aside once their tours of service have been completed. (good to be back online and great photo my friend congrats.)
Thanks, Cyber. Gonna try to keep up with it.
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