This year. 28.000 military positions will be eliminated. Over the next 4 years. another 38.000 military positions will be cut. Between 2010 and 2019. the Armed Forces will eliminate a total of 158.000 uniformed personnel positions. thereby costing American citizens and lawful immigrants 158.000 military service opportunities. What is the result? Americans serving around the world today have been handed "pink slips" while they are risking their lives for America. That is outrageous. For emphasis. there is no military recruitment and retention deficit that justifies supplanting Americans and lawful immigrants with illegal aliens. In 2014. every branch of the militarythe Army. the Navy. the Air Force. the Marinesmet their recruiting and retention requirements. while turning away thousands of highly qualified Americans and lawful immigrants. Each year. there are a limited number of enlistment opportunities. Each time GALLEGOS amendment helps an illegal alien enlist. an American or lawful immigrant loseslosesan enlistment opportunity. The ratio is 1 to 1. period. That is the math. This Congress should support and represent Americans by voting to stop military service opportunities from being taken from struggling American families in order to give them to illegal aliens. As such. I urge this House to support my amendment to strike the Gallego amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Generalization that illegal aliens are supplanting Americans and lawful immigrants in military service.