[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               ENLIST ACT

  (Mr. DENHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, this afternoon, I, once again, introduced 
the ENLIST Act.
  The ENLIST Act would give young adults who came here through no fault 
of their own, who have graduated from our high schools, who can pass a 
background check, who can speak English, and whom the military is 
asking for to protect and defend the Nation that they know and love the 
opportunity to actually sign up for the military, to wear the cloth of 
our Nation, and put their lives on the line.
  At the end of an honorable term, they would be eligible for permanent 
residence in the United States of America.
  This is an act of patriotism. This is an opportunity to create a 
greater national defense and an opportunity for those kids who know of 
no other country to call home to actually pledge allegiance and be 
patriots of this great Nation.

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