Reid adds controversial immigration measure to defense bill

[wavespank]

Defense bills should be 100% about defense. Politican need to stop using them for pork and other unrelated topics. If DREAM is strong enough to stand on it's own, submit it by itself.

[AllosaursRus]

Uh.........can an illegal join our military, TxRad???????

Somehow that makes no sense!

The American people are dead set against this kind of pandering to illegals! If this asshat wins in Nov, we cetainly need to investigate the voter rolls in Nevada for fraud!

[thundley4]

Uh.........can an illegal join our military, TxRad???????

Somehow that makes no sense!

The American people are dead set against this kind of pandering to illegals! If this asshat wins in Nov, we cetainly need to investigate the voter rolls in Nevada for fraud!

I don't know if illegals can join, but haven't some immigrants been grant citizenship after serving in the military?  I have no problem with legal immigrants joining the military to gain citizenship.

[Freeper]

Uh.........can an illegal join our military, TxRad???????

Somehow that makes no sense!

The American people are dead set against this kind of pandering to illegals! If this asshat wins in Nov, we cetainly need to investigate the voter rolls in Nevada for fraud!

To my knowledge you have to be here legally to serve. Non citizens can serve but, they have to present the old green card before they sign the dotted line.

[NHSparky]

To my knowledge you have to be here legally to serve. Non citizens can serve but, they have to present the old green card before they sign the dotted line.

Correct--and being a non-US citizen severely limits which jobs they can hold.  Nothing with a security clearance, for starters.

And getting Green Card verification is a BITCH.  More than one recruiter tried to bullshit his way through the process, but most of them ended up getting caught.  More than one DEP attrite was due to "citizenship" issues.

[TheSarge]

Uh.........can an illegal join our military, TxRad???????

Somehow that makes no sense!

The American people are dead set against this kind of pandering to illegals! If this asshat wins in Nov, we cetainly need to investigate the voter rolls in Nevada for fraud!

No.  But there have been cases where illegals have used fake doccuments to enlist...and then been given citizenship afterwards.  The first time I remember heraing about that was when I was in Iraq in 2003.

[Godot showed up]

Thank goodness the Republicans stood up to this. To me this was a hell of a lot more important to defeat than Don't Ask Don't Tell. Now Angle and anyone else combatting the lies the libs/Dems are going to tell about this need to get the truth out in tv ads.

[Eupher]

Thank goodness the Republicans stood up to this. To me this was a hell of a lot more important to defeat than Don't Ask Don't Tell. Now Angle and anyone else combatting the lies the libs/Dems are going to tell about this need to get the truth out in tv ads.

When it comes down to a vote, the Dems have pretty much gotten their way. Somewhere along the way, a Repub or RINO-in-training has caved in (Stupak); or Repubs-who-think-they're-Dems like Snow and Collins bend to their socialist and progressive constituents.

Is it me, or has the mood of the country actually galvanized the Republican party to do more but stand there in impotence watching their "colleagues" bow and scrape to Lord Zero? If so, good on us.

[wavespank]

Down goes Reid!