At least about 40 migrants, enlisted in the U.S. army, was dismissed from its ranks, while losing the opportunity to obtain U.S. citizenship, reports the Associated Press. They filed a lawsuit trying to recover its position.
Some noted that they had received an answer about the reasons for the dismissal. In other words, they were considered unreliable due to the presence of «relatives abroad» or because they have not completed the verification of their identity.
Only legal migrants with a visa (even a student) can serve in the US army. This became possible through the MAVNI (Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest), which began in 2009. According to experts, under MAVNI in the US army got about 10 thousand foreign troops.
Before official admission to the ranks of the American armed forces, all recruits are required to undergo a security check. If the result of recruiting migrant is assessed as «unfavourable», was dismissed as not suitable for service in the U.S. army. In 2016, the percentage of failures was 10%, he has already reached 20%.
Last year , the Ministry of defense has frozen the action MAVNI, because the Pentagon has investigated the relationship between recruits migrant and foreign intelligence services.
The Pentagon did not comment on the situation with the recent layoffs of migrants, referring to the forthcoming «trial», but said that no new policy regarding migrants, entered the service, is not carried out.
