ILLEGAL, BUT FIT TO SERVE: PENTAGON TO RECRUIT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, September 26, 2014, 11:39

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The Pentagon is to start recruiting undocumented immigrants who came into the US as minors and possess valuable skills like speaking Persian and Chinese. The program offering the opportunity is capped at 1,500 recruits per year.

The new policy revealed by the DoD on Thursday expands the existing pilot program called Military Accessions Vital to National Interest, or MAVNI. It has been tried since 2008, offering positions in the US armed forces to foreigners living in America legally as refugees or under a temporary visa.

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