The United States military has been recruiting immigrants with specialized skills in health care and foreign languages, to serve in exchange for American Citizenship for hundreds of years. By lowering the standards of acceptance into the military, like lowering aptitude test scores, and a higher percentage of recruits without a high school diploma, the U.S. military has turned to recruiting noncitizens of the United States. But, by allowing non-citizens of the United States to serve in the U.S. military, concerns many with the safety of national security.
Sometimes called "green card soldiers," noncitizen recruits can achieve expedited citizenship in as little as six months in return for military service. For other noncitizens, the naturalization process can take years, added with high fees. By being able to gain citizenship so quickly, many people question the intentions of the non-citizens, as some will do whatever it takes to become a citizen. "It is also immoral to ask a noncitizen to risk their lives for a country that has not given them full citizen rights." Critics say. Advocates claim that the restrictions encourage enlistees to become full citizens first before joining the military to give them better career options for their future once completing military services. …show more content…
as their native country. Turning on the U.S. military to defend the enemy on enemies lines. Without preforming thorough background checks the U.S. armed forces leave themselves open to the possibility of terrorist infiltration. Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., President George W. Bush and Congress made several changes to laws governing the citizenship application process for noncitizens in the
Sometimes called "green card soldiers," noncitizen recruits can achieve expedited citizenship in as little as six months in return for military service. For other noncitizens, the naturalization process can take years, added with high fees. By being able to gain citizenship so quickly, many people question the intentions of the non-citizens, as some will do whatever it takes to become a citizen. "It is also immoral to ask a noncitizen to risk their lives for a country that has not given them full citizen rights." Critics say. Advocates claim that the restrictions encourage enlistees to become full citizens first before joining the military to give them better career options for their future once completing military services. …show more content…
as their native country. Turning on the U.S. military to defend the enemy on enemies lines. Without preforming thorough background checks the U.S. armed forces leave themselves open to the possibility of terrorist infiltration. Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., President George W. Bush and Congress made several changes to laws governing the citizenship application process for noncitizens in the