Representative Mike Coffman (pictured above), a Republican representative from Colorado, has introduced HR-435 to allow certain legally present non-citizens to enlist and serve in the U.S. military, including DACA recipients.
The bill was referred to the House Armed Services and the House Judiciary committees today. There are no co-sponsors of HR-435.
While the bill seems to be common sense (our military needs soldiers and a lot of people who are not eligible to serve at this time would love the opportunity to be those soldiers), the prognosis is not in the bill’s favor.
Unfortunately, govtrack.us only gives HR-435 a 6% chance of getting out of committee and a 1% chance of being
enacted.
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Hello, my name is Jorge Garcia Im from the San Francisco Bay Area. Im 23, my parents brought me from Mexico on the 4th of July 1992 when I was 2yrs old. After arriving my father walked out on me unfortunately and although hes a citizen, he never fixed my status. The DACA is a blessing but my dream is to be a U.S. Army infantry man, not the DREAM ACT. Ive been trying to enlist since i was old enough to join with a parents permission. Ive been here longer than many citizens or permanent residents. I already qualified and passed the ASVAB pre test at my local recruiting office. All i have is DACA. CAN WE SERVE? Possibly. I want to contribute to freedom, make something out of my life and make contributions as well as give back to this country for granting me deffered action… I want this so bad more than anything.
To register in the selective process you should have resided in US for a year.For green card holder the registration is immediate.