Recently, articles discussed Congressman Ryan’s proposed legislation to allow illegal aliens to serve in the military as a mechanism to obtain citizenship. While this legislation may be well-intentioned, it exposes more issues than it resolves.

Signing up new recruits who entered the country illegally seems counterproductive. This would be particularly true when they “raise their right hands” to swear to “protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic” when they themselves have violated the law.

Beyond that, there are other issues at work. Why is there such a shortfall for military recruiting? It is no secret that schools and universities have been teaching how bad America is. With this steady diet of “hate America first” and woke military policies, are we surprised recruits are staying away in droves?

In addition, what has happened to our pool of possible recruits? In general, it is estimated that there were some 65,000,000 abortions during the period of Roe v. Wade.

Lastly, for this discussion, the culture moved in the direction of self-indulgence and serving self. Why do we expect someone to perform a service of sacrifice in this atmosphere?

Congressman Ryan’s legislation is like a band-aid on cancer. We need a significant change of heart.