Unbelievable..
SignOnSanDiego:
Legislation that could grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented high school graduates is creating a schism among Latino educators and others who have typically favored legalization efforts.
At issue is a component of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, a bill that could be voted on in the Senate by next week as an amendment to a Department of Defense authorization bill.
The proposed legislation, a version of which was first introduced in 2001, would make high school graduates who arrived in the United States illegally at 15 or younger and who have lived here at least five years, eligible for conditional legal status provided they attend two years of college or serve two years in the military. After six years, those who meet the conditions could obtain legal permanent resident status.
It is the military service component that has landed some Latino supporters of legalization measures on the same side of the proposal as the immigration restriction lobby, which decries the DREAM Act as amnesty.
Those uncomfortable with the military component see the measure as a devil’s bargain: On one hand, it offers a shot at higher education and success to young people who might otherwise have to spend their lives in the shadows. On the other, they fear that those who can’t afford college, or don’t see it as a viable choice, might feel compelled to join the military not because they want to, but because they fear eventual deportation.
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Well, this was easy to predict:
1. The military cannot recruit enough people and anyone but Charles Rangel asking for a draft commits political suicide (keep giving them hell Hon. Rangel!).
2. There were at least a couple soldiers already killed who were not citizens. Of course, legislation is years behind what is really happening.
I think the military is desperate enough to turn to illegal aliens without assuming this is racism (although with no draft, the rich kids don't have to join the military, the poor kids do for jobs and, to get citizenship).
I bet Jackie knows more and will weigh in on this one.
Yes my little fuzzy friend I do have more. Desperate people do desperate things. As the Grand Wizard the Gerbil has brought back racism no minorities will join the Military, don't ask don't tell is out and what left illegal aliens. Yes for all we know Al Qaeda could be signing up with the US Military, the recruiters wouldn't know because they just need numbers. The Military went to jails to offer early release for those convicted felon to join but only the ones that were druggie wanted to go and only to Afghanistan. Now that makes since with all the drugs in that country.
And I do hope that other videos come out that will expose more illegal tactic recruting by the military. This certainly will not be on the news.
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