The NY Times reports:
U.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship
Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months.
Immigrants who are permanent residents, with documents commonly known as green cards, have long been eligible to enlist. But the new effort, for the first time since the Vietnam War, will open the armed forces to temporary immigrants if they have lived in the United States for a minimum of two years, according to military officials familiar with the plan.
It’s a bold move, and one that will not be universally popular in the US where immigration concerns are prevalent, but where undocumented workers are common.
And it calls to mind a similar situation somewhere else in the world where foreign nationals can serve but are not rewarded with citizenship after distinguished careers. Where might that be? Oh yes, here. Sign the Gurkha Justice Petition.
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Well it worked for the Romans.
Great moral ethic: “If you kill people for us we’ll treat you better than anyone else”