Dreamers can enlist through that program, but it has been severely curtailed by the Trump administration.
New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. i would be able to join the army as and E-3 since i did JROTC in high school (could't do ROTC because, you know, no federal financial aid) i asked a requiter and he did not know. But so-called Dreamers — people who came to the country illegally as children — in his district want any path to citizenship they can get. "I've heard from Dreamers, 'Just give me any route,'" Harder, D-Calif., told McClatchy. anyone here know? Certain immigrants could also apply through the Military Accessions Vital to National Interests program, known as Mavni, which allows immigrants with specialized skills in areas such as languages and medicine to join. Had more to do with the non DACA people as it is hard to do background checks on people who grew up overseas. During MAVNI in 2015-2016, my sister joined and received her citizenship immediately after BCT in the Army. Only way for non citizens to join the military was though a program that doesnt exist anymore. MANVI was went under review and was suspended before Trump came into office. According to the most recent USCIS data available, the agency denied 16.6% of military applications for citizenship, compared with an 11.2% civilian denial rate in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, a period that covers October to December 2018. Close • Posted by just now. Supreme Court Upholds DACA, Ruling Against Trump Administration The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new … level 1 card. 30. pinned by moderators. Given the White House's glowing description of this population of illegal aliens, those who arrived before the age of 16 and were under 31 on June 15 of this year, one might expect that the Department of Defense would look upon them as a useful addition to the pool of potential military recruits. Does our military establishment want to recruit anyone from the new set of amnesty grantees, those granted short-term legal status by Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program?Apparently not. Though in some cases their English is a little shaky, that's something the military can handle and they sound like a likely batch of future soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen.
"The military has a fundamental demographic problem right now — it's supposed to look like America and it doesn't," Stock said. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals r/ DACA. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States. A Subreddit for DREAMers and their allies. That program was ended and resulted in many people who joined to be kicked out. That has to be done through Congress. Recent figures from U.S. We welcome discussion around current events, policy, and questions for the curious.
my subreddits. DACA recipients are not eligible for military enlistment. DACA questions regarding military conscription in Korea. Thus there are few now in the military who would qualify for DACA, even if it were an attractive package to them, which it is not. Cesar Vargas made a vow to join the military when he was a high school student after the 9/11 attacks.