[Grovenet] An Interesting Proposal on Immigration

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I don't know about Mexico, but many countries forbid their citizens to serve
in the armed forces of a foreign nation. 

Talk about a conflict of interest if the two nations should find themselves
at war with each other! 

Still, I think it's a good idea. As long as we require a military, serving
ought to be a requirement of full citizenship, whether one was born here or
not.

Ron D'Eau Claire 

 

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Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 8:33 PM
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I stopped after these three articles but there were many more to look at 
when I did a google search.

Posthumous citizenship awarded to a soldier fighting for the US in Iraq. 
(Diego Rincon was his name)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/memorial/20030408-1339-war-pos
thumouscitizenship.html


Army Reserve Spc. Kendell K. Frederick was stationed in Iraq when he decided

he wanted to become a citizen of the country he was serving
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-md.soldier02nov02,0,12
08785.story?coll=bal-iraq-headlines


Across Iraq, I keep running across American troops who are not Americans. 
Many of these soldiers and Marines are working towards attaining U.S. 
citizenship while in uniform, under fire, in Iraq. I was privileged to 
witness the award ceremony for 12 new American citizens in Deuce Four 
recently. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/welcome-aboard.htm/


Somewhere in the back of my mind I recall seeing one also where the soldier 
in Iraq was trying to do just that and he was denied citizenship for some 
technical reason and his congressman or family or somebody was trying to get

it corrected so he could become a citizen.
I don't personally believe that the saying 'immigrants do the job that 
American's won't do' is the whole story but I do know that the military is 
still having a heck of a time recruiting soldiers.  If there was an option 
for immigrants to become citizens by serving in the military my guess is 
that they would line up at the edge of the border fence and they would 
gladly take their chances in Iraq for citizenship in return. Alternatively 
if Bush wanted to require that they leave the country first and line up for 
military jobs they would likely do that too.
The only down side to this scheme might be that it would be so successful, 
Bush would take advantage of our swelling military ranks and have no 
hesitation to invade Iran before he leaves office.

Katie




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 4:25 PM
Subject: [Grovenet] An Interesting Proposal on Immigration


>I seldom pass along anything of this sort, but these two proposals made 
>me  smile;
>
> Two Proposals worth Considering...
>
> New Gas Plan:
> President Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way 
> to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! 
> That would be 11 million less people using our gas.
>
>
> New Immigration Plan:
> Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they catch 
> an illegal immigrant crossing the border, tell him if he wants to come 
> to America, then he must serve a tour in the military. After he 
> finishes military training (including learning English) ship him to 
> Iraq. Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it. 
> After his tour, he will be
> allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country.  He will also 
> be
> registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot.
>
> To that I might add that, two years in Iraq carrying a rifle might be 
> a
> good
> "punishment" for those guys hiring illegal aliens <G>.
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
>
>
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