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Yours Truly a posé la question dans News & EventsCurrent Events · il y a 5 ans

How do you feel about veterans who were honorably discharged being deported from the US?

http://www.snopes.com/united-states-deporting-vete...

It may come as a surprise to learn that serving in the United States military does not automatically confer citizenship, but it doesn't. It can smooth the way, provided the aspiring citizen is aware of what they need to do in order to apply for citizenship and gets it done within a certain timeframe. However, it's not uncommon for enlistees to wrongly assume (having never been told otherwise) they have done all they need to do in order to be awarded citizenship, and thus all they have to do after their honorable discharge is wait.

Because these particular veterans are either in the United States on green cards or without documentation after their discharges, they can be deported with cause, or for no reason at all. Past and present members of the armed forces are supposed to receive special consideration during deportation hearings, but the guidelines are inconsistently applied.

Elected officials (and candidates) who might ordinarily be in full-throated cry about the importance of military rights tend to go oddly silent when confronted with the spectres of undocumented soldiers. Sympathy for those wounded on the battlefield under the American flag suddenly falters when it turns out they had entered the country without documentation years before.

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  • Huh?
    Lv 7
    il y a 5 ans

    Just goes to show you should never take anything for granted; always ask...

    They should be entitled to automatic citizenship as long as they have served a decent period, say 10 or more years.

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