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Title: Injured soldiers (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS) take citizenship oath as Bush bolsters support for immigration reform
Source:
USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washin ... 6-07-24-immigration-bush_x.htm
Published: Jul 25, 2006
Author: AP
Post Date: 2006-07-25 09:19:34 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 307
Comments: 19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush presided over a citizenship ceremony on Monday for three soldiers injured in Iraq, calling them "men who knew the cost of freedom and were willing to pay that cost so others could live free." Bush also used his visit to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to promote his stalled proposal for overhauling the nation's immigration laws. He urged Congress to break the current stalemate and pass legislation that "must be comprehensive." The three injured soldiers who took the oath and became citizens were Spc. Noe Santos-Dilone of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Spc. Sergio Lopez of Bowlingbrook, Ill.; and Pfc. Eduardo Leal-Cardenas of Los Angeles. Santos, who stood on crutches while the other two were standing on their own at the ceremony, was injured last Sept. 6 when the convoy in which he was riding was bombed. Lopez was injured when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad last Jan. 6. Leal-Cardenas was injured by a roadside bomb last Dec. 6 while returning to his base from a mission just south of Baghdad. Bush called it, "a joyful day for these men, a joyful day for me to be here with them...It's a privilege to be their commander in chief." "This isn't going to be the first time these men have made such a promise. They took a similar oath when they became soldiers of the United States Army. And their presence here bears witness that they kept their word so that others might be free," Bush said. "As our nation debates the future of our immigration policies, we must remember the contribution of these good men and all who dream of contributing to this country's future," Bush said. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Bush signed an executive order making foreign-born members of the U.S. military immediately eligible for U.S. citizenship when they serve on active duty.
Poster Comment: THIS IS RICH. ILLEGAL INVADERS AID BUSH IN INVADING IRAQ. :)
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We who are about to die salute you.
#4. To: mehitable (#1)
"It's a privilege to be their commander in chief." Gack..,
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