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Jun 26, 2008 8:00 pm US/Eastern

President Signs Bill Prompted By Maryland Soldier

BALTIMORE (AP) ―

President Bush has signed into law a bill drafted in honor of a Maryland soldier killed in Iraq while trying to complete an application for U.S. citizenship.

The bill, the Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act, was signed Thursday.

It ensures soldiers may use the fingerprints taken upon enlisting if they apply for citizenship.

Frederick, of Randallstown, was a 21-year-old native of Trinidad who moved to the United States in 1999.
 
He died in October 2005 while riding in a convoy to provide fingerprints needed for his citizenship application when a bomb exploded by a road near Tikrit.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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