{"id":2188772,"date":"2024-02-29T08:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enlisting-illegals-wont-fix-the-militarys-recruiting-crisis-but-it-will-create-a-national-security-one\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T08:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:23:12","slug":"enlisting-illegals-wont-fix-the-militarys-recruiting-crisis-but-it-will-create-a-national-security-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enlisting-illegals-wont-fix-the-militarys-recruiting-crisis-but-it-will-create-a-national-security-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring undocumented individuals won&#8217;t solve the military&#8217;s recruitment problem, but it will pose a national security threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fenlisting-illegals-wont-fix-the-militarys-recruiting-crisis-but-it-will-create-a-national-security-one%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=2188772&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>A National Security Disaster Waiting to Happen<\/h2>\n<p>One of \u200bthe numerous reasons for the decline of the Roman \u200cEmpire\u2064 was \u2064an overreliance on\u200c foreigners serving in its military.\u2062 American\u200d leadership would be\u200b wise to\u2062 heed that lesson.<\/p>\n<p>As the empire went into decline, \u200drulers such as Constantine and Diocletian hired foreign \u200cmercenaries to fill the\u200b military\u2019s ranks,\u200b a policy stemming from their inability \u2063to bring enough native \u2064Romans into \u200cservice to maintain\u200c the empire\u2019s vast territory.\u200d Little did they\u200b know this decision would contribute \u2062to their civilization\u2019s eventual downfall.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Because these foreign brutes \u2062shared little\u2063 to no values with \u2064the Romans,\u200b they had \u2063no \u200dloyalty to the empire and its \u2063culture. So when the \u2062Visigoths sacked \u200cRome in 410 A.D., many \u200bof the foreigners employed by the Romans turned against their newfound \u2064countrymen and \u2063sided with the enemy, helping cast one of the world\u2019s greatest civilizations into \u2063the\u2064 dustbin of \u200bhistory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rather than learn from these past mistakes,\u2063 America\u2019s political\u2062 leaders seem destined \u2063to repeat them. Case in point: the halls of Congress, where Democrat Rep. Pat\u2062 Ryan \u200cof \u2064New York\u200d and Republican \u200bRep. John James of Michigan \u2062introduced legislation earlier\u2063 this month to fast-track a path \u200bto citizenship for foreign nationals who sign up \u200bto serve \u200cin\u200c the U.S. military. Both congressmen indicated\u2062 the measure \u2062was crafted to alleviate the military\u2019s recruiting crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCourage to Serve Act\u201d \u200dtasks the secretaries of defense and homeland security with crafting \u200ca \u201cpilot program\u201d that \u2064would \u201cprovide \u200cfor an expedited process for adjustment of \u200bstatus for certain aliens.\u201d To qualify for \u200bthe program,\u2064 foreign nationals \u200cmust successfully pass an FBI background investigation\u200b and submit \u2062an \u2064application proving they have \u201cno lawful status under the immigration laws; or temporary protected\u200c status under\u2062 \u2026 the Immigration and \u2064Nationality \u2063Act,\u201d\u2064 are not \u201cinadmissible to the United States,\u201d and are \u200b\u201cotherwise eligible for enlistment in the\u200c Armed Forces\u201d at the time of application.<\/p>\n<p>This would include asylum seekers\u2063 and those \u201cwaiting for work authorization,\u201d according to\u200c Fox 5 New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After \u201cnot later\u201d than 180 days in the military, program\u200b participants \u201cshall submit an \u2063application for adjustment of status to\u200c that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residency.\u201d Aliens who complete three\u200b years \u200cof \u201chonorable service\u201d in the military, one year\u200b of active-duty status, \u2064or at least \u200d30 days in a \u200c\u201cdesignated combat zone\u201d would have\u200b their cases expedited for consideration by the secretary of\u200d homeland security.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Foreign \u2062nationals enrolled in the program are furthermore protected from detainment and removal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Incentivizing illegals to serve in\u200d America\u2019s armed \u200bforces to acquire U.S. citizenship \u2063is hardly\u2064 exclusive to Ryan and James\u2019 proposal. In December,\u200c Sen. Dick Durban,\u200c D-Ill., gave a speech on\u2062 the\u200b Senate floor in which\u2064 he\u2062 openly advocated \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlks-wife-coretta-scott-king-illegal-immigration-undercuts-american-jobs-and-living-standards\/\" title=\"MLK's Wife Coretta Scott King: Illegal Immigration Undercuts 'American Jobs and Living Standards'\">employing illegal aliens<\/a> to\u200b address the military\u2019s recruiting woes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The\u200c military\u2064 \u201ccan\u2019t find \u2064enough people to join,\u201d Durbin said. \u201cAnd there are those who \u200care undocumented\u2062 who want the chance \u2063to serve\u2063 and risk their lives for that country. Should we\u200d give them a chance? I\u200c think we should.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his remarks, Durbin spoke in favor of a bill put forward by his fellow Illinois Democrat, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, \u200dwhich would \u201cwiden\u201d the pathway for foreigners to\u200c join\u200c the\u200b U.S. \u200carmed\u200b forces. In addition \u200dto those with \u2062temporary protected status and an \u201capproved \u2063petition for an immigrant\u2062 visa,\u201d Duckworth is pressing\u2062 for \u2064the Pentagon to enlist illegal\u200c aliens \u201cwho\u200b have lived in \u200cthe U.S. for at least five\u200b years, including\u2064 those who entered the country unlawfully as children and are now protected by\u2063 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program,\u201d according to \u2062Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned politicos are justified in highlighting the military\u2019s recruiting crisis. Earlier this week, for example, the\u200b Army announced plans to slash 24,000\u2062 jobs, or nearly\u2064 5 percent of its force, to\u2064 compensate for recruiting shortfalls and to\u2062 \u201cbe better able to fight the next major war.\u201d (The Army, Air Force, and Navy all missed\u2062 their recruiting targets for the 2023 fiscal year.)<\/p>\n<p>These officials are wrong, however,\u200c in \u200dbelieving the \u2063solution to \u2064the existing crisis is to fill\u200d the ranks\u2063 of America\u2019s \u200bpremiere fighting force with foreign nationals \u2014 many of whom have\u2063 no proven allegiance to the United States or its founding values. Even if their proposed bills were\u200b passed into law, what reasons has the Biden administration given the American public to make them believe it is capable\u2063 of thoroughly vetting foreigners seeking to join the U.S. military?<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2063 seems much more interested in targeting Christians and nonviolent\u200b Jan. 6 demonstrators than in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-answers-from-ag-merrick-garland-after-whistleblower-reveals-info-that-contradicts-testimony\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand Answers From AG Merrick Garland After Whistleblower Reveals Info That Contradicts Testimony\">investigating actual threats<\/a> to\u2064 the American homeland. The Biden Department of Homeland Security has\u2064 facilitated the \u2064worst border invasion in U.S. history, allowing\u200b millions \u200dof unidentified illegals to stream across the southern border. And to put\u200d the cherry on top, the secretary of defense was \u2062MIA for days last month. Not even the \u200cWhite \u2063House knew he was gone.<\/p>\n<p>If lawmakers\u2064 are interested in fixing the\u200c military recruiting crisis, they should use \u2062their \u2062legislative authority to ensure the \u200cPentagon is creating an environment attractive to potential recruits. That means providing basic necessities, adequate \u2062pay, and livable barracks to service members; banning discriminatory DEI\u200d ideology from the service; and\u2063 removing highly political leftists\u2064 from\u2063 positions of authority.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing\u2063 illegal aliens to use\u200b the \u200cmilitary as \u200ca \u2063vehicle to accelerate \u200baccess to U.S. citizenship is not going to solve the military\u2019s recruitment problems.\u200b It will only further\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hit-biden-over-border-crisis-very-concerning-fueling-drug-cartels-not-doing-enough\/\" title=\"Democrats Hit Biden Over Border Crisis: \u2018Very Concerning,\u2019 Fueling Drug Cartels, \u2018Not\u2019 Doing \u2018Enough\u2019\">incentivize illegal immigration<\/a> across the U.S. \u2063southern border and amass \u200ba military comprised of individuals \u200cwho are unlikely to\u2064 share an affinity for America\u200c and its foundational\u200b principles.<\/p>\n<p>The Romans \u2062found \u200bout this\u200d lesson the \u2062hard way. Let\u2019s hope America doesn\u2019t have to as\u2062 well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"> <\/p>\n<h2> What were the \u2062recruiting goals of the Marine Corps in 2018?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Their recruiting goals in 2018, while\u2064 the Marine Corps only met its goals by lowering its \u200cstandards.)<\/p>\n<p>But\u2064 the \u2062solution to this problem is not to lower the standards even further by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-scalise-blasts-biden-order-allowing-covid-vaccine-to-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Steve Scalise Blasts Biden Order Allowing Covid Vaccine To Illegal Immigrants\">allowing illegal immigrants<\/a> and asylum seekers to join the military in \u2064exchange for citizenship.\u200d This is not only a national security disaster waiting to\u2062 happen, but it also undermines the very principles and values upon which the United States was founded.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main purposes of the military is to protect the nation and its citizens from external threats. By enlisting individuals who have no \u200dloyalty to the United States and who may have hidden\u2064 agendas, \u2062we are putting our national security at risk. Allowing individuals with unknown backgrounds and allegiances to serve in sensitive\u2064 positions within our armed forces is a recipe\u200d for disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, granting citizenship to those who have violated our immigration laws sends the wrong message and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-dhs-set-to-give-illegal-aliens-photo-id-cards-for-access-to-commonly-used-services\/\" title=\"Biden's DHS to provide photo ID cards for undocumented immigrants to access essential services\">rewards illegal behavior<\/a>. It \u2063undermines the rule \u2064of law and the integrity of our immigration system.\u200d It also sends a message to those who\u200c are waiting\u2062 in line and \u200cgoing through the\u200b proper \u200bchannels to\u200b come to the\u200b United States legally\u200c that their efforts are in vain.<\/p>\n<p>We need to address the military\u2019s recruiting crisis by focusing on improving recruitment efforts, increasing incentives for \u2063American citizens to join the military,\u200b and investing in training and development programs. We should not\u2062 compromise our national security and the principles upon which our nation was built in the name of expediency.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the Roman Empire, we cannot afford to repeat \u200dthe mistakes of the past. We must learn from history and make decisions that will ensure the \u2064strength and \u2063security of our nation for generations to \u200bcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One reason for the Roman Empire&#8217;s decline was excessive dependence on foreign soldiers. American leaders should learn from this. As the empire weakened, rulers like Constantine and Diocletian recruited foreign mercenaries for their military. 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