Some immigrant US Army recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged apnews.com/38334c4d061e49…
Immigrant recruits in the US military have seen their citizenship applications stalled by the Pentagon and DHS for a long time. My story from last August: amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
In the last year, delays and extra screenings were taking so long that many immigrant recruits in the US military worried they’d be left without legal protection to stay in the country they signed up to fight for amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
Making it worse: USCIS shuttered all of its offices at US Army basic training locations in January, putting up another roadblock for immigrant recruits who were promised a fast track to citizenship buzzfeed.com/verabergengrue…
How long has this been going on? @AlexHortonTX broke the news last June that DOD was not only looking at cancelling contracts for immigrant recruits but also “enhanced screening” for 4,100 troops who were naturalized citizens - today’s news seems extension washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoin…
And in all of this, the most ignored point - the US military *needs* these highly skilled foreign born recruits. Here’s @AlexHortonTX on how the Pentagon ending its deal with immigrant recruits could hurt the military wapo.st/2vz5MwS?tid=ss…
Worth remembering that the administration-wide immigration crackdown is also impacting a little-known program to protect troops’ undocumented family members from deportation while they’re deployed to warzones mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
