Thread: Ill Immigrants Serving In The Military Deserve Citzenship

How do you get In our Military If you are Illegal ?

Rick Perry: Illegal Immigrants Who Serve In The Military Deserve Citzenship
ROCK HILL, SC -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) spoke for a few minutes to reporters here about his views on immigration, which have gotten him into some hot water with the conservative base he hopes to woo as his presidential campaign spools up. What he offered up was a little something for everyone.

Perry said states should be responsible for their own immigration laws, also stating that the federal government must step up border enforcement. He also spelled out his support for a national program that would allow illegal immigrants who serve in the military to become citizens.

Illegal immigration is, of course, a core issue among conservatives, who continue to reject any plan that allows existing illegal immigrants to become citizens as part of comprehensive immigration reform. In Texas, Perry has taken a number of positions on the issue at the state level that have ruffled feathers on the national anti-illegal immigrant right -- including advocating for and signing a Texas version of the DREAM Act.

He opposes the national DREAM Act debated in the last Congress.

But in South Carolina Saturday, he said he supported a main tenet of that bill -- that illegal immigrants can earn their citizenship by serving honorably in the military.

"I think there is a path to citizenship for those young men and women who have served their country," Perry said in response to a question from NachoFiesta blogger Sean Quinn. "That is a very unique set of individuals, and different than folks who have come here illegally and not given back in that particular way."

But on other controversial immigration laws, Perry said the states should be able to do what they wish.

"I am a big believer in the 10th Amendment," Perry said. He said "state by state, they need to make those decisions" about charging illegal immigrants in-state college tuition prices (as Perry has advocated in Texas) or passing laws like Arizona's SB 1070.

"I happen to believe with all my heart that the states would be best served by being able to be free to make these decisions themselves," Perry said. "I didn't think that for the state of Texas and Arizona-exact law was right for the state of Texas. I didn't want to make our law enforcement officers federal immigration officers. So, state by state ought to be the way to do that, not by the federal government making one size fits all."

But Perry said the federal government needs to lead the way in some areas of immigration, such as a national reform package.

"Once we secure the border, we can have a conversation about immigration reform in this country, but not until," he said. "You must have the federal government putting the resources, the boots on the ground, the aviation assets in the air, and secure that border so that we know that the border is secure before we have a conversation about any immigration reform."
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They can go to their consulate and get a visitor's VISA to be here legally and during that time they can enlist. Per executive order by BUSH, they will get streamlined citizenship. The DREAM Act malarkey of being able to join the military is just blathering to make it sound better and to paint the Dreamers as more patriotic to get their way. What they don't mention is that with the DREAM Act they can join Obama's civilian Corps on lieu of the military. Up the ripe old age of 35.

after we train them and give the duel citizenship they are the best damn ZETA's on the face of the Earth

lets see as a private make 17.000 a year to have people shooting at you while constantly deployed

or a Million plus as a ZETA trafficing Narcotics and getting arms from DOJ under the gun runner program

even if the gun program is stopped they can legally go buy a gun at gun stores as a citizen

which do you think they would choose