Battling the Storm Within

Sunday, July 22, 2018

AP Report: U.S. Army is quietly discharging immigrant recruits

Members of the Army march up 5th Avenue during the Veterans Day Parade in New York November 11, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.


The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures.


Read more...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ap-report-u-s-army-is-quietly-discharging-immigrant-recruits

No comments: