Comments on: Non-US citizens serving in the military http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/ Striving to make the world a little bit smarter Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: crystalattice http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-1003 crystalattice Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:51:05 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-1003 Hey "currently serving". Obviously you didn't notice that I <b>am</b> currently serving in the US Navy. AAMOF, I'm deploying to Iraq in very shortly. So, not only do I have a "lot of time on my hands" but I'm also "joining the fight against terror". I think that qualifies me to voice my opinion in this matter. That good enough for you? Hey “currently serving”. Obviously you didn’t notice that I am currently serving in the US Navy. AAMOF, I’m deploying to Iraq in very shortly. So, not only do I have a “lot of time on my hands” but I’m also “joining the fight against terror”. I think that qualifies me to voice my opinion in this matter. That good enough for you?

]]> By: currently serving http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-1002 currently serving Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:04:17 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-1002 i think its amazing how you people can come up with this topic. if you are so worried that inmigrants are joining the forces because they grew up in this country and they love the way they live here and are willing to fight and die for the country that has given them so much. are we suppose to put them down, are they wrong. i will die for this country next to my brothers in arms, even if they are not citizens . i have a sugestion since it seems you have too much time in your hands. how about you join the fight against terrorist. i think its amazing how you people can come up with this topic. if you are so worried that inmigrants are joining the forces because they grew up in this country and they love the way they live here and are willing to fight and die for the country that has given them so much. are we suppose to put them down, are they wrong. i will die for this country next to my brothers in arms, even if they are not citizens . i have a sugestion since it seems you have too much time in your hands. how about you join the fight against terrorist.

]]> By: crystalattice http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-892 crystalattice Fri, 09 May 2008 15:33:00 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-892 You're right. I forgot about that distinction. You’re right. I forgot about that distinction.

]]> By: ellie http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-891 ellie Fri, 09 May 2008 14:44:07 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-891 you forget one thing: non-citizens enlisting doesn't mean they are out of status. everyone that is allowed to enlist must be AT LEAST permanent resident, the AF doesn't even allow conditional residents in. getting a green card is pretty hard and once you have it, citizenship will come your way after either 3 or 5 years of residence depending on the circumstances. once you are a resident, you don't need the military to become a citizen. so military citizenship assistance is not sth that will solve the illegal immigration problem because it is not immigration assistance, but merely citizenship. you need to make a difference between "citizen" and "resident" you forget one thing: non-citizens enlisting doesn’t mean they are out of status. everyone that is allowed to enlist must be AT LEAST permanent resident, the AF doesn’t even allow conditional residents in. getting a green card is pretty hard and once you have it, citizenship will come your way after either 3 or 5 years of residence depending on the circumstances. once you are a resident, you don’t need the military to become a citizen.

so military citizenship assistance is not sth that will solve the illegal immigration problem because it is not immigration assistance, but merely citizenship.

you need to make a difference between “citizen” and “resident”

]]> By: JoshK http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-874 JoshK Fri, 02 May 2008 07:23:30 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2008/04/25/non-us-citizens-serving-in-the-military/#comment-874 That is essentially one of the reasons we allow foreigners to enlist in the first place - allow a method of expedited citizenship. We are not the only country to do this. Not a bad idea to solve the illegal immigrant problem. That is essentially one of the reasons we allow foreigners to enlist in the first place - allow a method of expedited citizenship. We are not the only country to do this. Not a bad idea to solve the illegal immigrant problem.

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