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The day after the first family stepped forward, more followed.
In the wake of a Military Times story published Feb. 28 about a retired soldier’s wife who was facing deportation under the latest Department of Homeland Security policies, others from the military community reached out with similar stories of fear and uncertainty regarding immigration rules.
If they are married and the one serving is a Citizen then they are here Legally, same reason many mail order brides marry Americans, to have the possibility of getting their Citizenship.More military families come forward with deportation fears
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Your opinion? Should the spouses of undocumented aliens serving in the military be exempted from deportation?
It's interesting we let illegal immigrants in the military. I think they ought to hold off deportation until their service is up.
If they are married and the one serving is a Citizen then they are here Legally, same reason many mail order brides marry Americans, to have the possibility of getting their Citizenship.
The steps are outlined below, if one is following them they have little to be worried about.
https://www.araglegal.com/individua...america/marrying-someone-from-another-country
More military families come forward with deportation fears
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Your opinion? Should the spouses of undocumented aliens serving in the military be exempted from deportation?
1. How does an illegal alien manage to enter the military. If I remember correctly, one has to either be a citizen or a green card holder to enlist.
2. The article is rather confusing, but I perceive that the main point is that the illegal alien facing deportation is not the current or former service member, but their illegal alien spouse.
A couple other comments:
1. I don't know how it is nowadays, but it used to be if an active service member wanted to marry a non-citizen, they had to get permission first. Lots of red tape involved. My own brother went through that back in the 60's.
2. If someone is out of the military...retired or discharged...and then marries an illegal alien, the military has no involvement unless, of course, there is the issue of a military ID. I don't see how an illegal alien could get a military ID.
So...bottom line: I don't see any difference between a former service member having to deal with their illegal alien spouse's immigration troubles and any other citizen going through the same thing.
My opinion? No special treatment.
Don't ask, don't tell.
That is correct.
but if they're already married, that's no barrier to enlisting.
Correct.
OK. How about an active military? Does a willingness to fight for one's adopted country mean anything?
It's interesting we let illegal immigrants in the military. I think they ought to hold off deportation until their service is up.
If a person is already married to an illegal alien, I think that would cause problems when that person wants to enlist...especially if they need any kind of security clearance. For sure, that illegal alien spouse would find it impossible to get a military ID card.
Willingness to fight does not excuse a willingness to break the law or to aid another in breaking the law. Is a service member is married to an illegal alien while on active duty, that person should feel lucky if they are just run out of the military. They could be put in jail.
They have a possibility, if the spouse is a citizen (not a green card holder as some think, a citizen.)
Problem is (1) it isn't simple, and (2) if the spouse is also undocumented, the marriage doesn't help with deportation.
The marriage also doesn’t help with deportation if they entered the US without a visa. They still have to leave the US and apply for a green card through an embassy or consulate. If, however, they entered the US legally but just overstayed their visa and then married a US citizen they don’t have to leave the US while waiting for the paperwork to clear.
So, you would not only deport the illegal wife, but give the husband a dishonorable discharge.
What would you do to a service member who helped another person to commit a crime? Say...beating their children? Or embezzling money?
Do you think that service member should remain in the military? Would you not put them in jail?
The service member did not help anyone commit a crime. The service member might have married someone who had committed a crime, or someone whose parents committed a crime and brought them to the US illegally. Either way, crossing the border illegally or overstaying a visa is a minor crime at best, nothing worse than the crime millions of Americans commit every day when they get on the freeway and exceed the speed limit.
More military families come forward with deportation fears
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Your opinion? Should the spouses of undocumented aliens serving in the military be exempted from deportation?
No, of course they should not be deported. Our military officers are bravely serving for us and their family's immigration status should be exempt. The majority of our military are good citizens and their spouses and children are benefits to our country.
Absolutely. I guess I didn't realize that a married spouse could be deported. I thought marriage was a "link" that allowed the spouse to remain and apply for citizenship. Did that change? Or, did I just never understand it correctly?
I think that's your opinion. The military might have a different opinion based on their law.
Military service is one of the few things I'd make allowances for, regardless of immigration status.
It arguably exhibits a willingness to make great sacrifices for one's new homeland.
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