illegals serving in Iraq?

[medeak]

Seems I recall that story a few years ago. Anyone remember...can't find much on net

[shraby]

1. I believe they are granted citizenship for

their service in Iraq when they get home. I read it too.

[400Years]

2. there are lots of non-citizens serving in the U.S. military

I know of a Canadian who did.

[medeak]

3. pray tell how can they enlist?

surprised Rummy isn't using this as marketing tool.

[justice1]

5. It's the fast track to citizenship

I'll give you one guess on what administration came up with it.

[Solly Mack]

4. non-citizens, yes..."illegals", no

unless you count those in slave wage bondage to Halliburton...(and I do count them)

I somehow doubt the immigrant workers brought in from China and other parts of the world is on the up and up...I'd wager there are some very illegal and downright criminal practices involved in Halliburton's hiring of immigrant workers in Iraq

Halliburton is doing the same for Katrina reconstruction

http://wsrblood.typepad.com/wiserblog/2005/10/halliburton_sub.html

[htuttle]

6. There are tens of thousands of them

Here, an article about this from 2003:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june03/noncitizens_04-21.html

JEFFREY KAYE: Rincon was a citizen of Colombia, one of 37,000 noncitizens serving in the active duty U.S. armed forces. The military requires only that immigrants be permanent residents, not necessarily citizens in order to serve. Nearly 13,000 reservists are also noncitizens. Rincon was one of at least seven noncitizens among the 128 U.S. Military personnel killed so far in the war in Iraq. All have been awarded posthumous citizenships. In 1989, when Diego was five years old, the Rincon family moved to the U.S. to escape violence. George had worked in Colombia as a bodyguard.

[medeak]

7. thanks for link!!! n/t

[Balbus]

8. No

[Ksec]

9. The military is using them like the corporate world is

Cheap expendable warm bodies. Its shameful and the powers could give a rats ass what theyre doing to all concerned.

Shameful SOBs who are running this show should go die somewhere.