From the Washington Post:
NON-CITIZEN SOLDIERS
Why Won't We Let Them Fill the Ranks?
By Brigid Schulte
Sunday, June 3, 2007; Page B01
"...Jonathan doesn't feel foreign. He feels American.
He is one of an estimated 750,000 undocumented youths of military age living in the United States, a small portion of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants who are at the heart of the contentious debate in Congress on immigration reform. The proposed legislation includes provisions of the Dream Act, a bill knocking around the Hill since 2001 that would create a path to a green card and citizenship for any undocumented youths who were brought to the United States before they were 16, have lived here for five years and either attend college or serve honorably in the military for at least two years. The bill would allow youths without proper documentation to circumvent current military regulations that open doors only to those with green cards..."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060101854.html
*The Migration Policy Institute published a report in October 2006 stating there are approximately 360,000 non-status young people in the U.S. that are eligible for the Dream Act.
1 comment:
This is one of those things that the anti-immigrants and "over-nationalists", those protectors of the borders and of the country, should see, because they feel that AMERICAN is "only for those with the paper", but those young men and women are proving that, to be an American is not neccessary a paper or a serial number, but to feel it and live (maybe die) for this country. Even when they and their families are not threated and respected as such. That is a real american.
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