Dem rep. calls on Trump to stop deporting veterans: 'About 1,400' have already been removed from US

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38. They don't get special status, not really.

They get expedited review in green-card and citizenship applications.

In other words, they agreed to risk their life out of loyalty to the US, the least the US can do is reward them. It does make them a special snowflake, more than somebody who agrees to work on a cause of particular interest to them for free and who mistake that narrow cause for the "common good" (perhaps because "we the people" only applies to a subset of the citizenry). Or, with less even admiration, agrees to work on a cause of interest to them for pay. One of the chief "common goods" is defense, even if those with more in some sense benefit from it more than those with less. Although one could take the opposite view, that if you have 20 houses scattered over the US and one's 2 miles from the front lines versus having just a single small house 2 miles from the front line, the owner of the single house has 100% of his assets at risk and dependent upon military defense while the wealthy person's need for defense covers 5% of his assets.)


In applying for citizenship, they do get special status. Some requirements are waived, including a filing fee. Family members may also be eligible for expedited review.