Thread: Officials Hope to Rekindle Interest in Immigration Bill Prov

Officials Hope to Rekindle Interest in Immigration Bill Provision

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2007 – A senior defense official expressed hope today that a provision in the stalled immigration bill that would have allowed some undocumented aliens to join the military won’t fall off the radar screen.

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, provision in the immigration bill was expected to help boost military recruiting, Bill Carr, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, said today during a telephone conference with veterans’ group representatives.

The DREAM provision offered a way for high-achieving children of undocumented or illegal residents to join the military and, ultimately, become citizens, Carr explained.

“In other words, if you had come across (the border) with your parents, yet you were a minor child and have been in the U.S. school system for a number of years, then you could be eligible to enlist,â€

More gang members in the military, hopefully we never really need them. Our military is going to much like Mexicos.

Illegal immigrants aren't supposed to be employed in the United States. The military is a profession and the Department of Defense is the employer! The Dream Act provision that allows for illegal immigrants to join the military is a very bad idea. Well, actually the entire Dream Act is a bad idea. It is nothing more than another form of amnesty!