Pentagon Will Train Recruits Holding Green Cards Following Court Order
A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon provided no rationalization for recruiting immigrants and then delaying their military service.
Updated at 9:37 p.m. ET
The Department of Defense will begin assigning thousands of immigrants holding green cards to basic training, reversing a Trump administration policy that delayed their service as they were subjected to enhanced background checks.
The policy change, first reported by the , follows a issued by U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar in the Northern District of California in mid-November. He sided with two lawful permanent residents who argued that they were discriminated against by the Pentagon policy that delayed their service for more than a year and left them in limbo between a military and civilian career.
