if they are good enough to put on a military uniform

and risk their lives for the united states of american, then they SURE AS SHITE ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO BE CITIZENS. no ifs ands or buts. i've posted on this before. it pisses me off something fierce. how DARE we take someone's life and not give them anything in return

yet ANOTHER broken promise by king george and his court
After War, New Battle to Become Citizens
By FERNANDA SANTOS
Despite a 2002 promise from President Bush to put citizenship applications for immigrant members of the military on a fast track, some are finding themselves waiting months, or even years, because of bureaucratic backlogs. One, Sgt. Kendell K. Frederick of the Army, who had tried three times to file for citizenship, was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq as he returned from submitting fingerprints for his application. About 7,200 service members or people who have been recently discharged have citizenship applications pending, but neither the Department of Defense nor Citizenship and Immigration Services keeps track of how long they have been waiting. Immigration lawyers and politicians say they have received a significant number of complaints about delays because of background checks, misplaced paperwork, confusion about deployments and other problems.......