Illegal Alien Looks for Iraqi Defectors
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ALONG THE SAUDI ARABIAN-IRAQI BORDER — The U.S. Army has assigned Sgt. Mark Macpherson--an illegal alien under American law--a most fitting job: looking out for Iraqis trying to sneak into Saudi Arabia.
Born in Toronto, the 22-year-old Macpherson has twice fought attempts by U.S. authorities to deport him to Canada. The army has helped him, he said, and “fighting in the war is supposedly meant to get me citizenship.”
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