{"id":2116418,"date":"2023-12-05T14:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-senate-dem-favors-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:20:01","slug":"top-senate-dem-favors-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-senate-dem-favors-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Senate Dem Favors Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants Through Military Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-senate-dem-favors-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2116418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> Democrat said on Monday that he believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/illegal-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> should have a path to U.S. citizenship by joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Whip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dick-durbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dick Durbin<\/a> (D-IL), who is also chairman of the Judiciary Committee, floated the idea during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?532182-1\/senate-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks on the Senate floor<\/a> after he commented on GOP resistance to approving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-blasts-biden-admin-in-dust-up-over-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more aid to Ukraine<\/a> without comprehensive border security reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat troubles me about the debate now about the southern border is that it is one-half of the immigration equation,\u201d Durbin said. \u201cYes, we need order at the border. Yes, we need to have changes in the laws that reflect the reality of the overwhelming numbers from all over the world who are coming to our shores and our border.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Dick Durbin wants to make it possible for illegal immigrants to join the US military: &#8220;Do you know what the recruiting numbers are at the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force? They can&#8217;t reach their quotas each month. They can&#8217;t find enough people to join.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWuGSfrSkF\">pic.twitter.com\/UWuGSfrSkF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1731798935134429370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s also an incredible demand for legal immigration into this country, even now,\u201d Durbin continued. He then referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckworth.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Immigrant%20Veterans%20-%20Deported%20by%20the%20Same%20Nation%20They%20Sacrificed%20to%20Defend.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/veterans\/2023-11-10\/veterans-legislation-duckworth-immigrants-benefits-12006449.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered<\/a> by his fellow lawmaker from Illinois, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), to ensure immigrant service members get assistance to obtain U.S. citizenship and veterans\u2019 benefits.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer bill \u2014 and I hope I describe it accurately \u2014 says that if you are an undocumented person in this country and you can pass the physical and the required test, background test, the like, that you can serve in our military, and if you do it honorably, we will make you citizens of the United States,\u201d Durbin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we need that? Do you know what the recruiting numbers are at the Army and the Navy and the Air Force? They can\u2019t reach their quotas each month. They can\u2019t find enough people to join our military forces. And there are those who are undocumented who want the chance to serve and risk their lives for that country. Should we give them a chance? I think we should,\u201d Durbin added.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin\u2019s recruitment pitch, which suggests an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/military-recruitment-crisis-appealing-to-legal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expansion<\/a> of the U.S. military\u2019s ability to enlist <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/11\/us-military-offers-legal-migrants-path-to-citizenship-amid-recruiting-shortfall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreigners beyond legal migrants<\/a> for a chance at citizenship, was met with pushback from Republicans on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the Democrats want to flood the country with illegal aliens, enlist them in the military, and make them citizens. They broke the laws invading this country, and they expect them to take an oath to support and defend our nation? Are they out of their minds?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXRandy14\/status\/1732082386244948286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManning our military with people whose first act in our nation was to violate its sovereignty can never be trusted with our defense,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/1732032721386676262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Joe Kent, a Republican and former Green Beret running for a House seat in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecure our borders, deport the illegals, restore pride in our military by restoring the meritocracy &#038; ending foolish interventions,\u201d Kent added. \u201cI served w\/ many great Americans who earned their citizenship by serving in our military, all of them legally entered our nation. We cannot tolerate or normalize the use of illegals in any workforce, especially our military.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Senate Democrat said on Monday that he believes illegal immigrants should have a path to U.S. citizenship by joining the military. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who is also chairman of the Judiciary Committee, floated the idea during remarks on the Senate floor after he commented on GOP resistance to approving more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2116419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}