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Border mission reshapes perspectives of New Hampshire Guardsmen
"It’s heavy in every single way you could fathom," said a Guardsman. "It’s almost like there is no right or wrong answer to how to handle things.”
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin
Critics renew push to end military deployment to southern U.S. border
House Democrats don't want the controversy surrounding the military mission on U.S. soil to be forgotten.
Army veteran Duckworth introduces Senate bill to protect troops’ families from deportation
Sen. Tammy Duckworth's bill would require the Homeland Security Department to get approval from the Pentagon or VA before denying parole in place to service members or veterans.
Does ICE follow its policies when it comes to deporting military veterans?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents aren’t always following the rules in deporting military veterans who are not citizens and treating them without regard for their service to the country, a deported veteran who has since become a citizen told a House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday.
By Piper Katarina Hudspeth Blackburn and Sam Cabral, Medill News Services
Overseas military naturalization services being consolidated to four military bases
These locations were specifically selected based on which international field offices were handling a majority of overseas military naturalization applications, a USCIS official told reporters.
By Diana Stancy
Critics demand White House drop plans to change citizenship rules for military children overseas
House Democrats want federal officials to drop the idea, and are considering legislation to force a change.
Immigration officials say new policy will only affect about two dozen military families per year
Officials clarified Thursday that, while the update creates a new hurdle for some military families to establish citizenship for their children born while they serve overseas, the change is expected to affect only a couple dozen families a year, based on their best estimates.
New immigration policy withholds automatic citizenship for some children of troops overseas, but not all
Bottom line: The new rules will add more red tape for some military members serving abroad.
Homeland Security raids Coast Guard coffers to pay for border programs
FEMA also will be affected by a DHS move to reallocate $271 million, officials say.
Emails show the VA took no action to spare veterans from a harsh Trump immigration policy
Top officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs declined to step in to try to exempt veterans and their families from a new immigration rule that would make it far easier to deny green cards to low-income immigrants, according to documents
By Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf and Dara Lind, ProPublica