Posted on 12/03/2007 5:58:39 PM PST by tyen
A highly decorated Arab-American sergeant in the US army, who is currently serving as a paratrooper in Afghanistan, faces deportation on his return to the United States because of an irregularity in his immigration papers.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Ordinarily,I'd agree.But gaining entry into the US via a phony marriage + Religion of Pieces=potential trouble,IMO!
The fact that they aren’t even citizens, but are willing to fight and die for this country should put people on the fast track to citizenship.
Again,I'd agree with you ordinarily.But I don't know about you but I can easily see a scenario where the Religion of Pieces plants an operative in the US,has him join the US Army and then use what he learns while serving to hurt us somewhere down the line.
We’d be better off deporting the old draft dodgers from the 60’s than this guy.
Deporting the 60's draft dodgers *would* be fun.But then DNC Headquarters would look like a ghost town.
I agree.
What elite force is he in?
Most of those in the 1800’s were deserters from the Limey army, we paid better.
508th parachute infantry regiment, known as the Red Devils
Unless you are advocating a complete and utter ban on all those things, you have to admit that this guy is probably a pretty good candidate for citizenship, considering he has been here for 20 years, and his commanding officers seem to want to go to bat for him.
A guy who served in combat ought not be subjected to these hassles. There are illegal aliens who sneaked across the border and got into fake marriages, and are still getting naturalized. An exception ought to be made for cases like this.
April 2005 story - DefendAmerica News - Red Devil Troops Patrol Area and Attitudes
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US Army.
Airborne
Also, paras are by definition elite.
“Immigration bureaucrats actively deny local efforts to enforce flagrant
illegal immigration, but go after decorated, vetted paras.”
All I can see is that ICE and other entities charged with protecting
our borders are simply carrying out the wishes of Dubya and plenty
of the US Senators.
Too bad we can’t fire the grand poobahs of ICE and Co.
And let a REAL man take over the job.
(the sheriff in the linked article)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933571/posts
“Immigration bureaucrats actively deny local efforts to enforce flagrant
illegal immigration, but go after decorated, vetted paras.”
All I can see is that ICE and other entities charged with protecting
our borders are simply carrying out the wishes of Dubya and plenty
of the US Senators.
Too bad we can’t fire the grand poobahs of ICE and Co.
And let a REAL man take over the job.
(the sheriff in the linked article)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933571/posts
“Back in the 1800’s, you served in the military for two years,
you automatically became a citizen.”
IIRC, one poster on FR said that his father got accelerated US citizenship
by serving honorably in WWII.
No,I don't *know* any such thing.It is *possible* that he's a good candidate for citizenship just as it's possible that he's not.His length of residency means little in light of the possibility that he could have become "radicalized" at some point...perhaps fairly recently.And a genuine sense of dedication to the US...to 21st Century civilization is just one possible explanation for his service.
In short,I say why take a chance? If this guy was an Arab Christian my attitude would be very different.But I freely admit that in my mind,a muslim is *always* "guilty" until proven innocent.And I apologize to no-one for that attitude.
Are you *absolutely* sure that that's what would happen? You're not *all* bothered by the fact that he first gained entry into the US by a ***phony marriage***? That doesn't cause alarm bells to ring in your head?
Unless I’m missing something here, this is terrible. The guy should be taken care of, has honorably served the nation.
If you get an update, please ping me?
That may have been so at one time but paratroopers are now a couple of rungs down the ladder from elite.
He is at a great risk of being killed by the terrorists if he goes back to Morocco. Are you willing to send a man for a potential death at the hand of terrorists after he put his life at risk fighting for the USA?
We do not know when his current enlistment ends.
Can he be "touched" while on Active duty?? If not just re-enlist and stay for 20 years and military retirement.
Then...??...??
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