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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: 329
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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#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Why the 'eye-grabbing' title when there is nothing in the article to suggest that these men were 'legal' or 'illegal'. I am only presuming here, but it seems that a legal foreign resident can enlist and then because of the liar in chief's executive order, if they go to active duty, they are automatically given citizenship. Am I missing something?
Bush is using their injuries to promote his solution to illegal immigration, ie; making illegals, legal.
The liar in chief uses any means available to him to get what he or his masters want--including using widows to serve his purposes as does the vile, nasty, rotten, cowardly bitch colter uses them to try to make her point. I agree with that. However, that does not address my question about whether they were legals or illegals who served and obtained citizenship that way. And to me, there is a B-I-G difference between legal imigrants and illegal imigrants. I'd hate to see a blurring of the two cause people would tend to use it against those who argue against illegals....muddy the waters, so to speak.
Well they aren't Americans, and given the number of
illegals in the military, I'm comfortable in calling them illegals.
#14. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
Sure hope your foot heals.
You shouldn't be really. I went thru this with Lodwick the other day... If you take a look at AR601-210 they would have to be "Green Card" to enlist. there fore they are not ILLeagal. I'm not any more happier than you are about all the Green Cards that are handed out, but that's the way it seems to be. Articles like the one posted above, that give half truths and "facts" by virtue of omissions are just as frustrating as what is really going on in our country. Having said that, when I did read some of the changes to the enlistment Reg, (AR601-210) I was really surpised at the requirements that have been relaxed to enlist applicants with moral problems, and the fact that a recruitng staion commander, usually an E7 can verify original documents (hence they are not included in the enlistment packet)...this leaves the door so wide open for fraud it is spooky. If these changes were in effect when I was a recruiter/station commander I wouldn't have worked the hours that I did!
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#7. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
#9. To: rowdee (#7)
However, that does not address my question about whether they
were legals or illegals who served and obtained citizenship that way.
Replies to Comment # 9. Well they aren't Americans, and given the number of illegals in the military, I'm comfortable in calling them illegals.
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
I'm comfortable in calling them illegals.
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