Also, some recruiters are telling applicants to send their parents out of the US so that the applicants can enlist (the military is still denying enlistment to people with undocumented parents, spouses, and children). If you send your parents out of the US, they may not get back for ten years or more. Parents can't currently get a waiver of the unlawful presence bars based on having a son or daughter who is a US citizen in the military. Recruiters don't know anything about immigration law and shouldn't be giving legal advice, but unfortunately they do this.