Sunday, July 01, 2007

A Friend's Son

Sunday, July 01, 2007
I used to work for a foreign national from Denmark. He has a son that has been trying for 10 years to become a naturalized citizen. To date he is still trying. Recently he came to visit the "Old Sage" to ask me advice about joining the Army.

I was struck by the fact that he was kid living in this country, came here legally, lives here legally and is seriously considering volunteering joining our armed services..... in the middle of a war ...... yet he's been unable to become a naturalized citizen.

We discussed a lot of things during his visit about the military and it became apparent to me that he was more of a patriot than 90% of kids his age born in the U.S. I wondered how he felt concerning the bill that was making its way through Congress... the answer was in Danish and not fit for print and rightly so. The fact that here is a young man that genuinely is seeking to become part of this great nation and can't because of our screwed up immigration law is a travesty.
 
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