[Gay State Conservative]

Sounds like there's a phony marriage involved here.But,OTOH,he appears to have served honorably in the Armed Forces.IMO,you can flip a coin on this one.Perhaps he can be given a Green Card but be permanently denied the right to citizenship.

I know....that's probably not possible.I say be on the safe side and deport him.

[tarator]

Perhaps he can be given a Green Card but be permanently denied the right to citizenship.

Yes, it is possible. You can be a permanent resident your entire life and not qualify to apply for citizenship. Usually, that invovles a criminal record, but there are other disqualifying factors.

[knarf]

(snip)

Benkabbou came to the US from his native Morocco in 1987, and was granted permanent residency four years ago. But when he applied to become a naturalised US citizen in 2005 - by which time he was already serving in the army - immigration officials discovered that he had failed to register his first marriage and alleged that the ceremony had been arranged fraudulently to get him into the country.

Benkabbou says that the marriage was annulled and argues it is therefore irrelevant to his immigration status. "I do not think I deserve to get deported after serving honourably during a time of war!" he wrote in an email from Afghanistan.

(snip)

I'm curious to know whom the bride might be ... and what's Benkabbou doing in Afghanistan, anyway?

[jveritas]

Deport him to Morocco so he will be killed by Al Qaeda terrorists there after putting his life at risk for America?