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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 10:30 PM
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U.S. fast tracks immigrant troops' citizenship
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/9311899.htm?1c

ARLINGTON, Va. - For Hilbert Caesar, the path to citizenship was long and difficult - from Guyana to the streets of New York at age 11, then to joining the U.S. Army and losing his right leg to an explosive device in Iraq four months ago.

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Almost 3 percent of the United States' 1.4 million active-duty military force are non-citizens. Immigration officials said about 16,000 of those have applied for citizenship in the last two years, and about half have completed the process.

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Active-duty personnel seeking to become citizens go through an easier, faster process because of President Bush's executive order in 2002 and action by Congress.

Noncitizens on active duty can begin the citizenship process as soon as they join the military, instead of waiting three years. The entire process for a member of the military now takes a year or less vs. years for nonmilitary applicants.

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Nambe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 11:41 PM
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1. I read a good source that foreign US soldier deaths are not reported
More body count control.
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pocket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 01:50 PM
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3. I call BS on that one
since I see articles about foreign troops deaths in the papers, and have seen them on death lists.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 04:58 AM
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2. A new way to get MERCENARIES FOR THE MEAT GRINDER
Wait until these Robots hit the streets after being Jerked around by the VA and the local food stamp office

It will be PTSD SNIPER CITY

LOL
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