Senator Dick Durban made a Senate 'talk' yesterday, and stated that the time had come to recruit 'new' residents of the US....meaning illegal migrants who'd crossed the border.
I pondered over this. The Pentagon is desperate enough...that if the House/Senate gave them funding for this idea....they'd accept it.
My issues?
At the last fifty-odd years of the Roman Empire.....this was precisely what the leadership of Rome was into....foreign soldiers. When you analyze the downfall of Rome, this is one of the ten key reasons for dissolving. We'd just repeat their failure.
Language issues for boot-camp? The massive bulk of migrants....speak a non-English language, so I don't see this as practical. Added to it....even if you brought them into a quick-to-learn situation....just to get to some level of communication, you'd need six months.
Then you come to the ID issue, and if the migrant was 'honest' or was some undercover-spy.
On the index of smart ideas....one to ten....I give this a '3'.
