Why Are Qualified Immigrant Recruits Being Discharged?

Midday on WNYC | Jul 25, 2018

A growing number of foreign-born recruits who joined the United States military through a special program created to recruit immigrant soldiers with valuable language and medical skills are being terminated before they can qualify for citizenship. Lawyers for the recruits say at least 30 have been discharged in recent months and thousands more are stuck in limbo — currently enlisted but unable to serve — and may also be forced out. This is occurring while the army has not reached their 2018 recruitment quota. We’ll be joined by reporter Alex Horton of The Washington Post, he has been writing about the issue of the U.S. military discharging qualified (and necessary) recruits.

This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.

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