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Ruben Gallego: “Historically in this country we've actually have allowed non…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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ABC15 one-on-one interview with Senator Ruben Gallego

Published | Video Starts at 02:02

Fetterman and Kelly, on that co sponsorship, you're talking about non citizens being able to enlist. Can you speak 30 seconds on that? Well, Historically in this country we've actually have allowed non citizens who actually enlist and some of them are green card holders. for example, so it's not uncommon. So some of the most famous Arizonans are actually green card holders that, you know, went and got the Medal of Honor for service to this country. (02:02–02:09)

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Asserts that historically, non-citizens, including green card holders, have been allowed to enlist in the U.S. military.

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