It simply grants permanent resident status to aliens who serve honorably in our Armed Forces for at least 12 years. and is similar to the provisions we have for foreign service nationals serving in our embassies overseas. This bill will principally affect Filipino servicemen with the U.S. Navy. which has indicated only about 400 aliens are enlisted in our Armed Forces each year. So the number of beneficiaries of this special immigrant status will be small. and will never exceed 2.000 under the terms of the bill. But this is an important gesture and benefit. particularly for those Filipino servicemen now stationed in the Persian Gulf and the Navy strongly endorses its enactment.
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