THE HARROD REPORT: More Bad policy by the Trump led DoD bureaucracy.

Army Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits

Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.

The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures

"It was my dream to serve in the military," said reservist Lucas Calixto, a Brazilian immigrant who filed a lawsuit against the Army last week.

"Since this country has been so good to me, I thought it was the least I could do to give back to my adopted country and serve in the United States military."

LOL... The gutless white supremacist who received five draft deferments, mocked POWs, lied about donating to veterans organizations, and insulted the families of fallen service members has ordered immigrant recruits to be discharged from the U.S. Army -- and Congress remains silent.

https://www.ctpost.com/news/texas/article/AP-NewsBreak-US-Army-quietly-discharging-13053140.php

LOL >>> TRUMP: "We don't need as much cannon fodder as we ded during Bush's unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq."

NY POST: Veterans respond to Army discharging immigrant recruits

Military veterans said it's a slap in the face that immigrant recruits have quietly been kicked out of the Army after being promised citizenship...

"They're pretty much breaking promises to these guys," said Mexican-born Army veteran Hector Barajas, who served in the 82nd Airborne Division between 1996-99 and was honorably discharged in 2001.

"They weren't actually in the service and they were receiving their adjudication from that process," spokeswoman Major Carla Gleason told The Post. "For some reason those individuals, after that suitability review, were determined to be not eligible to serve in the Army."

Margaret Stock, a a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who helped create the immigrant recruitment program when she was a professor at the US Military Academy at West Point, questioned the Defense Department's explanation.

"They suddenly started discharging lots of people," said Stock, who now works at as an immigration attorney. "Before there would be one or two here or there. ... Now, there are whole bunch of people all at once with no explanation."

Over time, Stock said the vetting requirements for MAVNI recruits has gotten so extreme they are were impossible to meet. "They think that anybody who is a foreigner in the ranks is a threat," she said.

"It's totally suspicious to me. What DoD is doing is a classic thing the bureaucracy does when they are trying to cover-up wrong doing.

George Rufolo, 91, a World War II Navy vet and member of VFW Post 150 in Corona, Queens, said the recent discharges were flat-out wrong.

"It isn't fair," Rufolo said. "Why did you take them and then throw them out?"

https://nypost.com/2018/07/06/veterans-respond-to-army-discharging-immigrant-recruits/amp/ 

LOL. >>> TRUMP: "Brazil couldn't even beat Belgium why would we want them in our military?"

AOL / HUFFINGTON POST:  US Army reportedly discharging immigrants who enlisted with promises of citizenship

The U.S. Army has begun discharging some immigrants who enlisted in the military with promises that their service would lead to U.S. citizenship, according to a report Thursday in The Associated Press.

Attorneys representing at least 40 people recruited through a program meant to attract talented enlistees -- those with special language or medical skills -- say their clients have been discharged or had their military status put into doubt in recent days.

Some told the AP that they were given no reason why the discharges took place, while others said personal links to relatives living abroad led them to be labeled as security risks.

The U.S. had for years allowed skilled immigrants with legal status to enlist under the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest program, or MAVNI, and gain what President George W. Bush called "expedited naturalization" for their service.

Many were recruited to fill posts requiring medical expertise, including Army Reserve dentists, or specific language skills, including Russian and Mandarin Chinese, according to The Washington Post.

The AP noted that about 10,000 people are currently serving under the program and that, in order to gain citizenship, enlistees must be honorably discharged.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/06/us-army-reportedly-discharging-immigrants-who-enlisted-with-promises-of-citizenship/23476475/

LOL... The incentives are there, mainly gaining citizenship thru honorable military service. Only Trump can screw up an already working program that helps weaken the defense of the country.

Brian Harrod Is The Editor And Publisher Of RoundupNewswires.com