Military Law,
Immigration
Apr. 29, 2021
Thanks for your service... now get out of my country
At a symposium on deported veterans one of “the foremost authority on military veterans facing deportation” said that recruiters often tell noncitizens they will become citizens when they take the military oath.
4th Appellate District, Division 3
Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian military officer, was granted American citizenship for his service during the Revolutionary War. A citizen of France, the Marquis de Lafayette fought alongside George Washington in the same war. During the Civil War, more than 20% of those who served for the North were foreign born. About 18% of our troops in World War I were immigrants. Over 300,000 immigrants served in the U.S. forces during World War II. And so it has continued thr...
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