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Washington DC — Republicans in an effort to compromise on immigration have offered a guest fighter program. Prospective immigrants would have to agree to fight in Iraq, or Iran if the president tires of his first war. Service would be for three years with the promise of citizenship upon their survival. George Bush when asked for a comment agreed the proposal had merit. I get it he said, " they fight em there so we don't have too, heh heh"
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Ooo, snarky!
We already have that. A lot of those in the service currently are non-citizens who have been promised citizenship after completion of service. This is nothing new.
http://immigration.about.com/od/uscitizenshiprequirements/i/MilitCitizenIss.htm
There are 60,000 immigrants in the U.S. military. They represent two percent of the total service personnel on active duty. About half are noncitizens, with 15,880 in the navy; of those, 5,046 are from the Philippines. More than 6,000 Marines are noncitizens, with the largest group, 1,452, from Mexico.
In 2004, President Bush signed an order allowing all active-duty immigrants serving as of Sept. 11, 2001, to apply for U.S. citizenship without waiting the usual three years, and without having to be physically present in the States in order to apply. Now, immigrants serving in the army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, parts of the national guard and Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve may be eligible to apply for citizenship if they can 1) Demonstrate good moral character/have no criminal record, 2) can speak English, 3) can demonstrate knowledge of U.S. government and history, and take an oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. The applicant must also have served honorably during one year of conflict, have a green card, or have been present in the U.S. at time of enlistment. The application must be filed within six months of discharge.
How awfully ... Roman.
During the Vietnam 'conflict', I met a number of soldiers from Mexico, S Anerica, and even Pakistan, that had joined to get citizenship.