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Uncle Sam Wants A Few Good Immigrants

February 23, 2009 - 12:04 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
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2009-02-23 01:27:48

What a repulsive piece of work — I’ve commanded many men and women AND DO NOT CONSIDER ONE PERSON CANNON FODDER. We don’t favor naturally-born citizens over immigrants. The inherent risk of military duty any immigrant takes is on par with the rest of us.

I notice that Silicon Valley and other high-tech industries readily recruit foreign-born persons, but you don’t make it look like a predatory practice that your article alludes to. This article displays contempt for the very military that keeps our nation safe and that by joining it a person has to be lured into it.

This article, overall, is pretty pathetic, and lacks substance; it’s more worthy as a NYT op-ed piece.