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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Active Duty American Citizen Army Soldier, Born in Iran, Has Phone Seized by CBP
Joseph Cox, VICE / MOTHERBOARD, Jan. 31, 2020 "Earlier this month Customs and Border Protection seized the iPhone of an active duty American soldier as they were transferring through a U.S. airport as part of their directed orders. After questioning...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Deported Army Veteran Returns to US for Citizenship Bid
Sophia Tareen, Associated Press, Sept. 24, 2019 "An Army veteran who was deported to Mexico in 2018 arrived back in Chicago Tuesday for a final chance at becoming a U.S. citizen and living in the city he has called home since boyhood. Federal...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Army Expelled 500 Immigrant Recruits in 1 Year - "They Are Trying to Get Rid of People"
Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associate Press, Oct. 12, 2018 - "Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Law School Clinic Brings Deported Army Vet Home
Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, Sept. 20, 2018 - "Wearing his black Army uniform and maroon beret, Fabian Rebolledo stood tall Wednesday on the lawn of his family’s Azusa home, happy to be back on American soil for the first time in...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
How Does the Army Spell MAVNI? SNAFU
From the Washington Post - The Army kicked out dozens of immigrant recruits. Now it’s allowing them back amid a legal battle. From the New York Times - Red Flags for Immigrant Recruits: Calling Parents, Not Laughing at Jokes
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
For Now, Army Suspends Discharges of Immigrant Recruits (MAVNI)
MARTHA MENDOZA and GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press, Aug. 9, 2018 - "The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press spells out...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Decorated Soldier Booted From Army, Sues for Citizenship
ACLU SoCal, July 18, 2018 - "Yea Ji Sea, 29, who has lived in the U.S. since she was a child, was so highly respected by her supervisors in the U.S. Army that one of them wrote she "volunteers for deployments willing to die for a country she...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Pentagon Attacks Immigrant Recruits - 'There’s No Explanation For This Except Xenophobia'
Army soldiers - who just happen to be immigrants - are being kicked out of the service without being told why, in violation of Army regulations and the U.S. Constitution. The Associated Press broke the story here . The New York Times followed up here...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
US Army Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits
Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press, July 5, 2018 - "Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. ...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Decorated Soldier Booted From Army, Sues for Citizenship
ACLU SoCal, July 18, 2018 - "Yea Ji Sea, 29, who has lived in the U.S. since she was a child, was so highly respected by her supervisors in the U.S. Army that one of them wrote she "volunteers for deployments willing to die for a country she...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Army Admits Discharge of MAVNI Soldier Illegal
Alex Horton, Washington Post, July 17, 2018 - "The Army has reversed its widely covered decision to discharge a citizenship-seeking immigrant soldier, in what his lawyer called an acknowledgment that the move was “improper.” Lucas Calixto...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Pentagon Policy Prevents Fully-Vetted Green Card Holder from Enlisting in Army Reserve
Jason Buch, San Antonio Express-News, Dec. 26, 2017 - "The day after Mohanad Albdairi began his enlistment in the Army Reserve, recruiters called him back with bad news: Immigrants, even those here legally, can no longer join the Reserve force. ...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Foreign-Born Recruits, Promised Fast Track to Citizenship, Stuck in ‘Mindless Bureaucracy’
Dianna Cahn, Stars and Stripes, Apr. 9, 2018 - "Their brains, specialized talents and home country made them sought-after assets for the U.S. military. Now these ambitious, well-educated Army recruits are finding themselves sidelined and under...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Pentagon Blocks Army Reservists From Naturalizing Under INA Sec. 329
DoD Memo, Aug. 17, 2017 - "Effectively immediately, I withhold authority to certify the honorable service (N-426) of Soldiers who have not yet attended Initial Entry Training (IET)." Margaret Stock , BIB Editorial Board Member, MacArthur...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
An American Dies in Uniform...Still Waiting (UPDATED)
Tara Copp, Military Times, Apr. 20, 2018 - "Spc. Nemanja “Yani” Janicijevic, 25, an immigrant soldier who died last week while waiting 11 months for the military to clear him for duty , had been naturalized months before and was a U.S...
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