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Did hear about illegals joining the army and getting LPR that way, but never checked into that, but wouldn't consider my step son risking the dessert to get here.

Anyone who served honorably during time of war (including the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) can apply for naturalization, even if they were not legal residents at the time they served. They can become citizens, and not just LPR's. They must have been in the US or one of it's territories at the time they enlisted. In other words, if you and your step-son were to consider this, he'd have to get here first before enlisting.

Also heard about Cubans being picked up off rafts by our Coast Guard getting LPR that way. Really don't want to risk that either. Can dig deep to find legal means, they don't exist.

This applies only to Cubans, and they only qualify to apply for asylum if they actually reach US soil. If the Coast Guard picks them up while they are still in the water then they are sent back to Cuba or a third country. This is known as the "wet feet/dry feet" policy, established in 1995. Prior to this, as a result of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, any Cuban national could obtain legal residence if they stayed in the US for a year, regardless if they were picked up at sea.

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Did hear about illegals joining the army and getting LPR that way, but never checked into that, but wouldn't consider my step son risking the dessert to get here.

Anyone who served honorably during time of war (including the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) can apply for naturalization, even if they were not legal residents at the time they served. They can become citizens, and not just LPR's. They must have been in the US or one of it's territories at the time they enlisted. In other words, if you and your step-son were to consider this, he'd have to get here first before enlisting.

Also heard about Cubans being picked up off rafts by our Coast Guard getting LPR that way. Really don't want to risk that either. Can dig deep to find legal means, they don't exist.

This applies only to Cubans, and they only qualify to apply for asylum if they actually reach US soil. If the Coast Guard picks them up while they are still in the water then they are sent back to Cuba or a third country. This is known as the "wet feet/dry feet" policy, established in 1995. Prior to this, as a result of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, any Cuban national could obtain legal residence if they stayed in the US for a year, regardless if they were picked up at sea.

In joking, I ran this past my wife, could rent a boat, make a wooden raft and drop them off the coast of Florida, asked her if she could disguise herself as a Cuban. Ha, trying to beat the system, but we waited instead, and waited, and waited. But does this Cuban thing seem fair?

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