Veteran and USCIS Asylum Officer Danny Phillips
Danny Phillips is currently an Asylum Officer with the USCIS Houston
The military is what got me to where I am. I was a high school drop-out. I never considered college as an option because it just was not something that people in my family did. I had always been interested in the military and with no high school diploma the Army was the only branch that was interested in me, so I signed up. Almost immediately I was told that I would have to get my GED to stay in the Army. Next I was told that I could get promotion points by taking college courses, so I started taking random courses from University of Maryland Bosnia
Danny Phillips at the “Great Ziggurat of Ur ” ruins of the ancient Sumerian City of Ur near An-Naziriya , Iraq
About that time I was taking an undergraduate Constitutional Law class and my professor convinced I too could go to law school. I left the regular Army in 2002 and joined the National Guard. I started law school at University of Houston Afghanistan Iraq
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hi danny, this is an inspiring story. it sounds like a recruitment poster. the u.s. military has been a means of achievement for so many "normal" americans.
thank you for your service to our country, we are so glad to have been able to give a little back.
I grew up around Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Air Field and have many friends in the service. I love hearing stories like this.
Danny, great article, I am a Vietnam Veteran, on diability and would like to sponsor my wife but have very little money. Do you know if USCIS will waive fees for a disabled vet? Thanks if you can comment. If not it is ok. Thanks for your service.
That really is an awesome testimony. I really respect soldiers even though I am not one my self. The military would have a been a great route for me to take as a young rebellious fellow. By the grace of God, I made it anyhow, but it's been hard for lack of experience and education
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