Should Pakistani doc get US citizenship?

[nikorr]

Grant Pakistani doc who helpd nail Usama bin Laden US citizenship

The Pakistani doctor who helped Navy SEALs bring down Usama bin Laden and got locked up for his trouble deserves U.S. citizenship and a medal, according to a lawmaker.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) introduced a bill that would make Dr. Shakeel Afridi an American citizen in return for his work gathering intelligence that helped U.S. forces locate and kill the world's most-wanted terrorist last May. Rohrabacher also intends to recommend Afridi for the Congressional Gold Medal later this week.

“We are trying to honor him because he helped bring the man responsible for killing nearly 3,000 Americans to justice,” Rohrabacher told FoxNews.com. “He did so at a great personal risk. He deserves our deepest gratitude.”

Afridi is currently being held for treason by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency and could possibly face the death penalty for his role in helping Americans mount a raid within Pakistan. Reports also suggest that his wife, an American citizen of Pakistani origin, has disappeared.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/14/pakistani-doctor-to-be-granted-us-citizenship-for-role-in-bin-laden-raid/?test=latestnews

 

[amdfangirl]

America needs to treat its allies well.

 

[nikorr]

Agree 100% !

 

[riser]

No to Citizenship. Though, he is now under threat of his own country and we should seek to extradite him or bring to the US for a safe life. He can go through the naturalization process to become a citizen.

 

[nikorr]

Well, he put his and his family's life on the line for this country.

This is extraordinary exception, IMHO.

But I get your point of view too riser.

 

[riser]

That he did.. and there was a huge reward out there for him and his family too. Regardless, granting citizenship is not something we should take lightly. If he wishes, let him into the country and he can gain citizenship naturally.
Citizenship is not to be taken lightly; many benefits are gained from it that someone not living here may not fully understand.

 

[jsc]

Yes.

 

[riser]

I'm in awe of how many people take for granted citizenship. Provide him safe harbor and allow him the natural course of citizenship.