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Since the War of 1812, Congress has recognized the vital role immigrants play in the nation’s military by ensuring non-citizens serving during wartime could become citizens quickly upon entering service. But in 2017, the Trump Administration implemented a radical new policy. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 14, 2022

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Approximately 7,000 green card holders enlist in the military every year. Between 2008 and 2016, the DOD also recruited more than 10,000 foreign nationals present in the US without green cards because they possessed skills considered critical to military readiness. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 14, 2022

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Under the new policy, non-citizen service members had to wait months or more to apply for naturalization, depriving thousands of their promised path to citizenship. Many could not seek citizenship until they had already been deployed. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 14, 2022