Army discharging some immigrant recruits: report

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The U.S. Army has begun quietly discharging some immigrant members, a move that could put those members’ immigration status at risk, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Immigration attorneys told the AP that they knew of more than 40 immigrant recruits and reservists who had been discharged from their service or whose status is now at question.

Some of the military members told the AP that they did not know why they were discharged. Others said they were told they were labeled a “security risk” because of relatives abroad or because their background checks were incomplete.
 
i don’t think we need anyone in our military who is a security risk.
 
fromt he article: “The AP reported that basic training has been delayed for discharged immigrant soldiers”

These are people who have been in the army barely long enough for the ink on their enlistment contracts to dry, they have not even been through basic yet. These are not functioning members of the military yet, like i am sure some people would like us to believe. They are not being discharged simply for being an immigrant.
 
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This is from the AP. AP is not sure of the numbers, but seems to think there are 40 of these discharges, out of 10,000 immigrants in the armed forces.
 
Absolutely a non-story generated to fuel the fire intended to paint Republicans and the administration as xenophobic and anti-immigrant. This borders on unethical journalism.
 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/3270...-back-aps-army-immigrant-amanda-prestigiacomo
The AP report framed the issue as only affecting immigrant recruits, but, according to Lyons, disqualifications before boot camp happen to natural born citizens every day, too.

“Unfortunately, this story is not framed properly. This happens to natural born citizens too,” explained the military analyst on Twitter, later adding, “I know many US citizens who weren’t allowed to start basic because a bad background check came back.”

It could be a myriad of issues — clearances, failed physicals, bad background checks — which eliminate natural born citizens as well — the Army in particular needs people — there’s another side to this story not told," explained Lyons
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Kasich is a tool for trying to pursue this. This is not “Trump Administration policy”. It is longstanding Army procedure. If you can’t pass a background check, you don’t get in. Anyone. There are hundreds if not thousands of recruits rejected by the Army for failing background checks. These immigrants aren’t special. Especially seeing as there are hundreds of immigrants serving in the Army right now from multiple backgrounds. Trying to make this an issue is pathetic and desperate.
 
I teach kindergarten in a DODEA school. All of my students are military dependents. I have taught military children for 10 years and at least a quarter of my class each school year has an immigrant parent on active duty. Nearly half my students have at least one immigrant parent and/or are immigrants themselves. My husband is retired military and we are both immigrants. The Army is full of immigrants. There are far more native born recruits discharged or refused entry.
 
Being a veteran and having served with immigrants. I find this appalling…

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At least 40 recruits and reservists have been quietly booted with little explanation, and now their immigration status could be at risk.
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I’m really not sure how else to say this so I will put it in all caps. NO ONE IS BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY BECAUSE THEY ARE AN IMMIGRANT.

What is appalling is people like Kasich and these press outlets accusing the Army of “quietly discharging” immigrants as some arm of the secret Trump xenophobia program.

As a veteran you should know this is routine recruiting procedure, and they were not dropped for “no reason”. I fully expect the lawsuit brought by the one recruit to fail miserably.
 
There is no news here. The headline could just as easily say “The Army Not Accepting Some White Recruits” or “The Army Quietly Discharging Some Native Born Citizens.” Do you know how many veterans were quietly discharged after multiple deployments because they failed to meet weight or PT standards, or they lose security clearance? It happens everyday that some otherwise good soldier misses the mark in one tiny way, either a military standard or trouble with debt or civilian authorities, and they are discharged.
 
When you jack up the backend. You get the results you want on the frontend.
 
A better article describing the issue: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018...it-discharges-blame-bureacratic-incompetence/

I hope President Trump issues some sort of EO to help those “who signed contracts in 2015 and 2016, before the program ended, and are now facing unqualified discharge (rather than the honorable discharge that would grant them citizenship under the program). Because MAVNI enlistees were promised citizenship through the arrangement, many let their visas lapse, and some now face return to their home countries, such as China and Russia, whose governments view them as traitors.”
 
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fromt he article: “The AP reported that basic training has been delayed for discharged immigrant soldiers”

These are people who have been in the army barely long enough for the ink on their enlistment contracts to dry, they have not even been through basic yet. These are not functioning members of the military yet, like i am sure some people would like us to believe. They are not being discharged simply for being an immigrant.
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This sounds more like standard practice, not everyone who applies is accepted. You aren’t “in” until you’ve completed basic training.

FAKE NEWS
 
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A lapsed visa would make them disqualified for service. My husband got his citizenship through the Army, as do many others. Even through deployments when he traveled solely on his military ID, he still needed to maintain his immigration status. He had to make appointments to secure his residency before he left stateside and (at the time it was known as) INS had to be informed of his whereabouts. He also had to receive his citizenship within 8 years of enlistment or he would be discharged as ineligible for service. Rules must be followed and standards upheld. If anything is missing or compromised you no longer qualify. A lapsed visa means you are an undocumented alien and undocumented aliens are not eligible for either military service OR citizenship. Can you imagine the headlines if suddenly we are enlisting undocumented aliens into the military as a path to citizenship, but those in the DACA program will never qualify for citizenship?
 
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