JOSE GUTIERREZ

Siglio XXI (Guatemala) reports on Jose Gutierrez's death, discusses his posthumous attainment of American citizenship, and notes that the military has become an attractive path toward citizenship for latino immigrants. Gutierrez was originally from Guatemala. He was killed in Iraq on Friday and will be buried in Guatemala. Last July, GWB issued an executive order speeding up the naturalization process for members of the military.

One interesting question will be the extent to which the apparent increased need for soldiers can be used as a leverage for other kinds of improvements for immigrant and minority groups, as has often been the case in past wars (see, for example, this discussion of Philip Klinker and Rogers Smith's The Unsteady March).