boot camp outside mccain's office
 

PHOENIX - A group of Valley students held a 'boot camp' outside the offices of Arizona Sen. John McCain Saturday to bring attention to the plight of an undocumented student trying to become a U.S. Marine.

According to a news release from Arizona DREAM Act Coalition , 21-year-old Michael Nazario was given a brief opportunity Friday to deliver his message to the senator, letting him know he was a DREAM military candidate and asking if he would allow Nazario to "be a soldier" by voting for the legislation.

The DREAM Act is a bipartisan piece of legislation that would allow for undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. at an early age to fix their legal status by completing at least two years in the military or two years of college toward at a bachelor's degree or higher. After 5 1/2 years of applying for the DREAM Act, the individual will be allowed to apply for legal permanent residency and then be able to apply for U.S. citizenship.

According to ADAC, Nazario has camped outside McCain's office conducting the boot camps hoping the senator will allow him to become a soldier by voting for the passage of the DREAM Act, which is expected to come up for a vote as soon as next week.

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region...phoenix-office

keep calling and faxing and emailing mccain!

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man im proud of that kid. i mean doesnt someone like him DESERVE to have a chance to defend this country!?!??!?

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I'm proud of him. Hope to see him as a Marine.

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Amazing how it completely illogical it is to deny someone the opportunity to make something out of their lives-in this example to join the military- just bacause there's an anti-immigrant vendetta in a country that is MADE OF IMMIGRANTS; but i guess most immigrant waves have gone through adversity and its just appropiate that we fight for a place in the U.S

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I cant see why some of the people who commented on that can be so racist, selfish and inconsiderate of the unique circumstances we face

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Just shows how tolerant and uneducated these online bigots are.

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McCain should be leaning towards a yes.

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Yeah that Michael i was gonna stay there at the bootcamp all night but i had to go home at night because i had to do some stuff at the house, but we are getting it calling people to try to get them to call mccain and all that good stuff this is the year !

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You'd think that someone with 11 toes would be more sympathetic.