Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge

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(07-11-2018, 05:05 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No.  What matters is that in 2017 the DOD under the Trump administration changed the rules

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-department-defense-rules-put-future-some-non-citizen-recruits-n814366

On Oct. 13, the Department of Defense issued policy changes that impact the ability of non-citizen recruits, both within the program and outside, to obtain citizenship.


To apply for naturalization, recruits are required to submit a document confirming their military service along with their naturalization application. Prior to the policy change, one day of service was sufficient to be eligible.
But under the new policy, applicants will need to complete all necessary background and security checks, complete basic training, and serve 180 consecutive days in active duty or one year in the selected reserve among other requirements before their service can be considered honorable.

As I said, further discussion is pointless. The process was ended due to results from extreme vetting and suspension of the program established under the Obama administration that established an elevated risk. This is open source; as has been displayed numerous times through out this thread, and any attempts to make it "because Trump" is steeped in ignorance and bias. So please continue; just know that I will not. 

We cannot give Trump credit for the economy because of policies and trends established during the Obama administration, However, we can blame him for the failure of this program started by Obama that was vetted and found to be flawed under that same administration.  

And folks like to consider themselves rational.