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What we owe foreign-born recruits
The Biden administration should fully reinstate the MAVNI program, quickly process naturalization applications and wave penalties for troops who fell out of status while awaiting their orders, says the author of this commentary.
By Ankit Gajurel
New Trump policies could end in deportations for some active duty troops
Special immigration exceptions for service members and their families are being eliminated.
Army reportedly leaked sensitive info about thousands of immigrant recruits and now some may be at risk
For those from hostile countries, it could be "a death sentence," a U.S. lawmaker says.
By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
Report: Pentagon will send green-card recruits to boot camp, halting a Trump policy from last year
The military services will start sending their backlogs of green-card holders to recruit training after a preliminary injunction issued in federal court.
By Kyle Rempfer
Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in 1 year
Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found.
How Trump administration policies stymie the Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program
Stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the military and become American citizens, according to several U.S. officials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Army reinstates at least 36 discharged immigrants
At least three dozen immigrant recruits who were booted from the U.S. Army after enlisting with a promised pathway to citizenship are being brought back to serve, according to court records filed Monday.
The Army has stopped kicking out immigrant recruits. Here’s why
A July memo orders officials to "suspend processing of all involuntary separation actions" involving a program for noncitizen recruits.
Commentary: MAVNI program needs to be fixed ... and the military needs immigrants’ critical skills
A key House lawmaker looks at the way forward on service and citizenship.
By Rep. Mike Coffman
Specialist facing US Army discharge sues for citizenship
A U.S. Army specialist born in South Korea has sued to demand a response to her American citizenship application after the military moved to discharge her.
Commentary: Why immigrant service members should be valued, not feared
The former VA secretary on how noncitizen recruits 'are overwhelmingly likely to make a positive contribution to our national story.'
By Anthony J. Principi