I definitely think serving in the military should be a way to earn citizenship.
And both the serving member AND the spouse are usually sacrificing for that service. But I agree. Sneaking in on purpose and staying is bad, and usually should not be tolerated. I think she found the one avenue I can accept. Any other service - and toss her butt to the door. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought this story was interesting: > > *http://tinyurl.com/ku5sb8 > * > I am kind of torn on this one. On the one hand, she did enter the > country illegally, and if I am reading it right, she even knew it was > illegal but made the conscious decision to continue with the ruse due to > financial reasons. > I do think though that under the circumstances, being that her husband > is both a US citizen now, and the fact that he is serving his country, > they should offer some leniency. Of course the problem with this is that > it could open the floodgates to a whole new way for foreigners to enter > the country illegally and attain citizenship, or at least legal > residency. Tough one. > > As an aside, I do like the fact that if you enter the country illegally, > and join the armed forces, you can get citizenship. I figure if you want > to be an American, and you enter the country illegally, at least do > something to earn the right to stay here, and performing some sort of > national service such as serving in the military helps you earn that right. > > Let the debates begin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
