I ask that my colleagues support the passage of this bill so that we can get the bill to the President and signed into law as quickly as possible. Approximately 45.000 lawful permanent residents are currently serving in our Armed Forces. More than 35.000 noncitizen members of the military have applied for U.S. citizenship since This bill is an excellent measure that will help ensure that from now on American soldiers do not face some unnecessary. unreasonable hurdles to American citizenship that cost Specialist Frederick his life. Much more needs to be done to assist Americas soldiers with their hassles with our immigration system. But this bill is a good first step. and I urge my colleagues to support it. I reserve the balance of my time.
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