Re-upping from last night since I see a lot more people are spreading this story this morning without proper context or information.
Summary:
1) MAVNI program stopped new recruiting in 2016 (under Obama) due to security concerns.
2) Widely acknowledged Obama admin’s decisions to include DACA recipients and expand the program played major roles in killing it.
3) 300+ recruits were left in the pipeline then.
1) MAVNI program stopped new recruiting in 2016 (under Obama) due to security concerns.
2) Widely acknowledged Obama admin’s decisions to include DACA recipients and expand the program played major roles in killing it.
3) 300+ recruits were left in the pipeline then.
4) Those and other recruits had to go through more extensive background checks. If checks aren’t completed in 730-1095 days, original agreement expires.
5) Now some recruits are timing out or failing checks. Unclear which category the 40 in AP story belong in.
5) Now some recruits are timing out or failing checks. Unclear which category the 40 in AP story belong in.
Here is a Military.com article from April that covers the same topic as the AP but gives a lot more accurate context and details for readers: google.com/amp/s/www.mili…
Here is a good article from Task and Purpose pushing back on the AP story: taskandpurpose.com/trump-purging-…
Adding this for more information:
