What responsibility does a non-citizen shirk? They must follow lows, pay taxes, etc. Even for things like social security.

I sometimes wonder where these concepts come from, because it sounds like somebody tricked you into thinking that non-citizens are somehow taking things from everybody else, rather than contributing just the same as everyone.

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lmz a day ago | parent [-]

National defense, and (more vaguely) a responsibility to keep the host country in good shape as there's no other country they can run back to if things go bad in the host country.

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mcmcmc a day ago | parent [-]

The US military has been an all volunteer force for half a century. Have you served?

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lmz 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Not even American. Just visited once for a few weeks. The answer is generic, in recent times you can compare how Ukraine or Russia can conscript their own citizens but probably not foreign workers who just work there.

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mcmcmc 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Ok so you probably wouldn’t know that foreign born service members make up 5% of our military, most of those becoming naturalized citizens while serving. They’re not shirking their responsibilities anymore than natural born Americans who don’t volunteer.

	▲	lmz 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Voluntary service is great but when you get invaded you're not going to send the H1B visa holder to the frontlines, are you?