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The first problem would come with other laws on the books. Meaning that one citizen can bring whole families along. Wife, kids, parents grandparents etc. this makes one successful crossing into potentially 15 visas etc. and it doesn’t allow for discretion as I understand it, so not only mustwe accept all of these visa requests, but we cannot vet those people coming.
The second problem is that it turns the military into a jobs program. Yes the military can probably integrate people into mainstream society. But in the meantime, you’re dealing with all kinds of problems that might well make it much more difficult to fulfill the main purpose of the army— fighting in wars. This could come in the form of language problems (it generally takes years for a person to become competent enough to use a foreign language as the primary means of communication) cultural issues (diet restrictions, cleanliness issues, taboos) and general attitudes towards authority. A small number of immigrants can probably integrate, but if 15% of your military isn’t able to speak English, doesn’t have the same culture as the rest of the units, and has discipline issues, that’s going to hurt your ability to fight.
The third issue is loyalty. What’s necessary is crossing the border and joining the military. There’s not really much vetting here, especially if the person uses a false name. This potentially lets foreign agents spy on us (we’d teach them how we teach our soldiers), some of our tactics, how our weapons work, and so on. This is all invaluable to anyone worried that the Americans want to go to war with them. Of course the equipment is valuable and a soldier might sell it. Or an enterprising group might try to get enough of their people in the military to make them less effective. We’ve talked about trying to root out the Sinhala gangs that run fentanyl in Mexico. If the grunt units are full of gang members, that’s going to be a problem.
I didn’t realize the Sri Lankan mafia had such a global presence! Do their sworn enemies hail from the state of Tamil-ipas?
It was auto corrected. But dang, I might have to tell that story…
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