US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship.

Some of these service members say they weren't told why they were being discharged. Others say the Army told them they'd been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because their background checks were pending.

The AP was not able to ascertain how many service members who enlisted through the immigrant recruitment program have been booted out of the Army because of their immigrant status, but immigration attorneys said they were aware of more than 40 enlistees who have been discharged in recent weeks.

The Pentagon declined to comment because of a pending lawsuit.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-newsbr...215122736.html

This sounds like the MAVNI program. I hope that our colleagues here, who recently enrolled in the program, are not affected by this. What a shame.

it does sound like the MAVNI program. holy shit. hope the ones that got in got their citizen ASAP. saw this on yahoo news

He said he was going to be a Republican so I'm sure they'll let him slide.

The shit show continues. Bring your own umbrella.

hope our MAVNI folks get through this.

Donald Trump is disgusting.

Patriotism used to be a great thing until Right Winger Trumpo gets in power....

....Biden..
Please! Save us!!!

Hate to rain on the parade my guy, but Obama administration was the one that implemented these new background checks.

I think the amount of work required for an SSBI plus a CI investigation made everyone go "f*** it". Result is, DoD is handing out discharges like Oprah handed out cars in '04

In the news:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie_iK8ChFKk

They could've said "no, not fuck it". Plus it's not like law enforcement/armed forces weren't hedging on Trump winning and issuing stupid rules right before the election (for latest, look at Flynn undermining Russian sanctions, MAVNI scrapping, and the delays on DACA renewals).