If that’s the case then goto an American Airlines wholly owned regional that has a flow through to mainline (degree or no degree).
I’m an immigrant from Australia on a green card and flying for one of them.
That being said with your background, I agree with the previous comments of going to Kalitta doing cargo, though I’ve been told that Kalitta requires citizenship in order to gain a security clearance for their DoD contracts.
PM me if you want to know more.