 BobbyRutan says: More: Earlier this year President George Bush commuted the sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff. In so doing, the President spared Libby two and a half years in prison for his conviction for lying to federal investigators. The President cited Libby's "exceptional public service" and prior lack of a criminal record as explanation for his action. He concluded that Libby's sentence was "excessive" and the punishment "harsh." In light of the sacrifice made by Armando Soriano, one wonders whether deporting his father is a far more "excessive" and "harsh" punishment? I thought there was already a law in place to expedite the citizenship process of anyone who serves in the U.S. military? If there's not, there should be. I don't know about making the whole clan citizens though. That seems a bit excessive. It's kinda like the law that makes anyone born in the U.S. automatically a citizen. That's why all the pregnant Mexican citizens rush over the border when they go into labor, giving the child full rights to Social security and other government benefits reserved for citizens. I'm against it. The citizenship of the dead soldier is not really the focal point of the citizenship issue in this article. Illegal immigrant parents of dead soldiers, whether the soldier still has illegal immigrant status or has US citizenship by birth, are usually assisted by the military in acquiring a green card as compensation for the soldiers death. However minor technicalities often prevent the awarding of the green card which is a tragedy considering the sacrifice made. Furthermore, the military is waving US laws by accepting some illegal immigrants but after the soldier is dead the US government is powerless (unwilling) to wave the minor technicalities for the parents. Citizenship by birth is pr... |
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