green card soldier

Generic catch-all term for non-citizen enlistees in the United States Armed forces. The history of foreign nationals being recruited into the US Army is one that goes all the way back to the Revolutionary War and has continued to the present day in the form of Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) and other programs that allow non-citizens to join, granting them citizenship in exchange for honorable service. Although theoretically only open to legal, documented residents, there have been many instances of undocumented immigrants, particularly recipients of the DREAM Act, enrolling in the past.

This practice has, in recent years, been largely undermined by the administration of Donald Trump, a man who has never served a day of his life on account of his "bonespurs."