More than 40,000 service members are not American citizens, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). These foreign-born men and women have pledged commitment to the U.S. Constitution by serving in the military and many are availing themselves of a July 2002 executive order making members of the Armed Forces immediately eligible to apply for citizenship.Nearly 5,000 service members have earned U.S. citizenship while serving abroad since 2004.
Why do they do it?
Born in war-ravaged Sudan, a place where youth are sometimes snatched from their homes and forced to fight as child soldiers in a bloody civil war, Nbenye and his family faced religious and racial persecution from the Arab-Islamic government.
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Fearing his son would be forced to become a soldier, Nbenye’s father urged his son to flee Sudan.
“They go to your home, knock on your door and ask your father where you are. If he refuses to get you, they kill him, get you and put you in the army. There is no guarantee you’ll ever make it back home alive and they send you down to kill your own people,” Nbenye said. “I had friends from school who were captured, sent to fight and I have never seen them again.”
Congratulations to ALL, and a huge ‘thank you’ for your service!
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I think it is a good deal but I wonder how many of them have actually read the Constitution?
Tom
Pretty sure it’s required reading for them Tom.
Scott, that would put them up a few notches over our present educational system. Still, I am glad for them.
OT- In ‘Nam we had two FAOs that were Canadian and enlisted in the Corps. Ooorah! Semper Fi!
Tom
It just goes to show how truly great America and it’s promise of Freedom is when people of other nations willingly leave their homeland and set aside their own rights and safety to serve in our country’s armed forces just for the chance to become an American.
I have never been more proud of my country than when I see pictures like the one above. God Bless our armed forces, and God Bless America.