Nearly 40,000 of America's frontline soldiers are not US citizens

[bigtree]

Doesn't bother me a bit. Proud of em.

But keep this in your response file for when the right starts griping about immigrants and foreigners and entitlements. They and their kids deserve health care, education, and the rest without being made to feel like they stole something.

[bigtree]

1. forgot the link won't edit

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4584.htm

[laura888]

2. well... there's a problem...

...when they're laying down their lives for .... what was it again???

[shatoga]

3. bumpers

topic is relevant to any discussion of closing the borders

[Yupster]

4. In the Civil War

there were whole brigades of German immigrants right off the boat and right out of the Prussian Army right into the US army. Hey it was a job.

There are some funny stories about them in the war. Usually involving being paroled on the battlefield.