The military services will start sending their backlogs of green-card holders to recruit training after a preliminary injunction issued in federal court.
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.
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.
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.