Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge

[Benton]

(07-09-2018, 12:52 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I'm not sure we should accept an article as fact without knowing the other side. I can assure you these decisions are not made arbitrarily.

Quote:President George W. Bush ordered "expedited naturalization" for immigrant soldiers in 2002 in an effort to swell military ranks. Seven years later, the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program, known as MAVNI, became an official recruiting program.


The program came under fire from conservatives when President Barack Obama added DACA recipients — young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally — to the list of eligible enlistees. In response, the military layered on additional security clearances for recruits to pass before heading to boot camp.

Sounds like it was the GOP piling on bureaucracy as political points.