Recruiting Goals Down, Military Looks to Migrants

October 02, 2023

by Monica Showalter American Thinker

The migant surge has its uses for certain elements in the U.S. – for Democrats, voters, for business interests, cheap labor; for NGOs, more federal funding, and for the U.S. military beset with a recruiting crisis, seeing all those single, military-aged young men stream over, they seem to be a gold mine.

We see scattered references to it all over.

Here’s a report from NPR interviewer Tom Bowman with a military recruiter:

BOWMAN: But even if you want to join the Army, you might not make the cut. A recent Pentagon study found less than one-quarter of America’s youth would qualify for military service without a waiver because they’re overweight, have criminal records or mental or physical health problems. So how are they trying to make up for those lost numbers? The Army is increasingly turning to those who recently arrived in the United States. The Army is also hiring more immigrant recruits like Sergeant 1st Class Nouella Lacson, whose family came from the Philippines. She’s standing at a card table covered with brochures, lanyards and dog tags.