The measure, which would also stop federal officials from forcing some criminal veterans out of the country, failed to gain legislative traction 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.
A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally must serve 20 months in prison for arranging immigrants to be smuggled by Fort Hood soldiers through a Texas border checkpoint.
While debate rages over an ongoing deployment of U.S. troops to the international border with Mexico on the eve of America’s midterm elections, the Coast Guard quietly continues to interdict attempts by Caribbean smugglers to sneak undocumented migrants into the country from the sea.