For many immigrant recruits, lawsuits are the only hope of getting what they were promised when they enlisted in the US military. Now, some of them are being flagged as "disloyal" for mentioning that. Some observations below (sorry to thread this but…/1) buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
Immigrants recruited by the US military for their language and medical skills have been stuck between bureaucratic limbo and possible deportation ever since additional layers of vetting were imposed militarytimes.com/news/your-mili… (via @TaraCopp) /2
One immigrant recruit I talked to just received the results of her exhaustive 8+ hour counterintelligence interview, and she was flagged under “Loyalty” for casually mentioning that she follows MAVNI’s legal cases /3 
Immigrant recruits who enlist in the US military can be marked as a major, moderate or minor risk for “Issues Discovered” in the categories of Financial, Loyalty, Character, Criminal, Honesty, Financial Ties, and Other. /4 buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
I don't know how to thread, my bad ⬇️
For some recruits, even mentioning that you follow Facebook pages for developments on the US military/immigration legal connection is enough to mark you as suspicious under "Loyalty" in your screening
“She didn’t think it would be held against her. She thought it proved that she was trying to stay in the Army and be a good soldier." buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe… / 7
Here's a crazy thing - it's often the US military's own lawyers who tell immigrant recruits that their best option is to sue the Pentagon, and refer them to immigration attorneys. /8 buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
Now the threat of being branded “disloyal” has scared some immigrant recruits from discussing or joining the lawsuits, or posting in online groups. Some have been told by recruiters that they will get in trouble for suing the Pentagon /9 buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
In August, @AlexHortonTX reported that Army attorneys were asked to scrutinize completed security screenings for admissions of potential crimes by immigrant recruits washingtonpost.com/national-secur… /10
