Charlie. for allowing me some time to speak tonight. and I would like to acknowledge your leadership in bringing this to the forefront. Mr. Speaker. as we continue the national discussion of immigration and the value of immigrants to our Nation. we must not forget the immigrant men and women who populate our Armed Forces. who fight for freedoms that we all enjoy each day. yet who in the current debate are cast aside as unworthy for citizenship. Yes. more than 70.000 of them serve our military today. Now. they have a unique love of America. They consider this great Nation as a beacon of light that drew them here. with a promise of freedom. of democracy and opportunity. The voices of these immigrant soldiers are remarkably missing from the debate on the value of immigrants in this Nation. I would like to add their voices today. For them. the United States is their only chance to make a new life.
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