S.2840 - Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act Sponsor: Charles Schumer / 110th Congress

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110th Congress - A bill to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications. hidemore...
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A bill to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications. (by CRS)
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Citizen soldiers, not Mercenaries by Eusebius Wong, Jun 3, 2008 (4:36pm)

Under the Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services must process and adjudicate an application for citizenship from a member of the United States armed forces 6 months at the latest upon receipt, or provide an explanation as to why the application had not been processed. A nation’s military is rightly composed of soldiers with claim to citizenship and the duty to defend one’s country and countrymen as vested in that claim. It is a travesty then that this nation employs military personnel with no citizenship and no promise of their claims to citizenship being addressed in a timely fashion. Such practice is borderline usage of a mercenary military, and is unacceptable for a nation founded on the values that uphold the United States. The fact that members of the armed forces have had their citizenship granted after being killed in battle is evidence enough that steps must be taken to expedite the process by which our military personnel gain citizenship.

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