Expedited Citizenship through Military Service

Abstract

Current law allows certain noncitizens who serve in the U.S. military to acquire expedited U.S. citizenship. Recent media reports have described situations in which noncitizen U.S. veterans who served in and were honorably discharged from the U.S. military, failed to apply for their citizenship for a variety of reasons, subsequently committed crimes that made them removable, and were then deported to their countries of origin. Although advocacy groups claim that there may be thousands of deported U.S. veterans outside of the United States, no reliable estimates have been produced for this population. In the 115th Congress, several legislative proposals have been introduced to address this issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 23, 2018
Accession Number
AD1169906

Entities

People

  • Holly Straut-eppsteiner
  • Lawrence Kapp

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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  • Biomedical

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  • Active Duty
  • Congress
  • Controlled Substances
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Domestic Violence
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • Hostility
  • Immigration
  • Law
  • Marshall Islands
  • Medical Specialties
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Safety
  • Recruiting
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Criminal Law
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.