Immigrants are an important part of our military and should always be honored for their service. - - Donna Poisl
BY KELLY MCCARTHY
I'm a veteran, and I want to honor all vets Thursday, including those who are immigrants but not yet citizens.
They've been willing to risk their lives to defend our country even before they could call it their own. We owe them our thanks, just as we owe all vets our thanks.
The first U.S. casualty of the war in Iraq was Marine Lance Corp. Jose Gutierrez. A Guatemalan orphan who made his way to the United States to find a better life, he joined the Marines to earn money for college and to support his sister still living in Guatemala. He was not a U.S. citizen at the time of his death, yet he was willing to sacrifice his life in the pursuit of a liberty he only briefly tasted.
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