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| After losing court battle, Pentagon will send green-card holders to recruit training |
| 2018-12-05 |
| [LATimes] The Pentagon will begin sending a backlog of thousands of green-card holders to recruit training, suspending a policy adopted by the Trump administration last year that required more stringent background checks for some immigrants wanting to serve, according to two defense officials and an internal memo. The policy called for green-card holders to submit to and complete a full background check and respond to any concerns before they could go to boot camp. That was in addition to standard requirements for green-card applicants, such as biometric screening. The change put thousands of people in limbo as their screening languished and specific jobs within the military promised to them slipped away. |
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