The hope of non-citizen soldiers

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Kendall Frederick from Randallstown, Maryland



How many young people have joined the U.S. Military so they could obtain U.S. citizenship? How many of these have been killed in Iraq?

The chunks of money given to recruits, plus the lure of citizenship lead many immigrants to the military. They have to be aware of the price as they see growing list of their comrades who have died.
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Md. mom uses son's Iraq death to help change law

By CHRISSIE THOMPSON
Washington Post

The Associated Press
Friday, June 27, 2008; 4:12 AM

RANDALLSTOWN, Md. -- U.S. Army Spc. Kendell Frederick lost his life while trying to become a citizen of the country he was fighting for. Now, his mother hopes a bill President Bush signed into law Thursday will make sure no other soldier dies the way her son did.

Frederick, a native of Trinidad who moved to the U.S. in 1999, was killed in Iraq in October 2005 when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. He was only in the convoy because he had to go to another base to get a duplicate set of fingerprints made for his U.S. citizenship application.

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