Expedited Citizenship through Military Service (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Aug. 23, 2018 |
| Report Number |
IF10884 |
| Report Type |
In Focus |
| Authors |
William A. Kandel, Lawrence Kapp |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
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 petition 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.
