Military service in particular would merit naturalization in countries with a strong citizen-soldier tradition, including the United States. Their service would act as restitution for immigration law violations. Unauthorized immigrants who have served their adopted country?Įarned Citizenship argues that long-term unauthorized immigrant residents should be able to earn legalization and a pathway to citizenship through service in their adopted communities. On the other sits a deeper ethical dilemma that is the focus of this book: what do the state and citizens owe to
On one hand it is important that the government sends a message that future violations of immigration law will not be tolerated. Immigrants who are already living in the United States. An open question remains as to what to do about unauthorized have been here for more than five years, and are settling into American communities, working, forming families, and serving in the military, even though they may be detained and deported if they are discovered. The majority of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The migration and settlement of 11 million unauthorized immigrants is among the leading political challenges facing the United States today.
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