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Should Pakistani doc get US citizenship?

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Should Pakistani doc get US citizenship?

Total: 7 votes

  • Yes, he should.
  • 86 %
  • No, doesn't deserve it.
  • 15 %
February 15, 2012 7:14:55 AM

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.

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February 15, 2012 8:19:25 AM

America needs to treat its allies well.
February 15, 2012 8:54:55 AM

Agree 100% !
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February 15, 2012 11:25:07 AM

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.
February 15, 2012 11:37:00 AM

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.
February 15, 2012 2:23:48 PM

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.
February 16, 2012 4:43:07 AM

Yes.
February 27, 2012 11:59:02 AM

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