The US Army has restored dozens of previously excluded immigrants in the service.

At least 32 immigrant recruits, who were previously excluded from the US Army due to stricter rules for foreign service in the US military, were returned to service.

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This is evidenced by judicial registers published this week, writes NBC.

From 17 in August, the US Army reinstated the reservist in the service of 32 and withdrew orders to expel six more conscripts who filed lawsuits in court. Yet 149 exclusion decisions have been suspended and are pending.

In early July, it became known that dozens of immigrant conscripts had been dismissed from the army, and many contracts of reservists waiting for their turn to begin service were canceled. Some of the immigrants said they were not informed of the reasons for the termination of their contracts; others said the Army told them they were deemed a threat to U.S. security because they have relatives overseas or because the Defense Department didn't do a thorough enough background check on their backgrounds—tougher background checks were introduced late last year, but some contracts were signed before.

Most of the affected immigrants were members of the MAVNI (Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest) program, which allows legal immigrants in the United States to obtain American citizenship under an accelerated procedure, if they have important skills (language or medical) for the US Army and are ready to go to serve.

The courts decided that broken contracts should be reinstated immediately if the immigrant did not voluntarily express a desire to terminate the service.

In mid-July, the army annulled the contract with Brazilian reservist Lucas Calixto, who sued almost immediately after he found out about this decision. Meanwhile, the army continued to lay off other immigrants. Therefore, the lawyers tried to make a group claim to secure the restoration of the contracts of dozens of affected immigrants.

The MAVNI program was developed after the September 11 terrorist attacks to diversify the US armed forces and attract people who speak different languages ​​to the army.

Around 10 000 immigrants used it as a shortcut to obtaining citizenship. Over the years, the program has been closely monitored and supervised, and in 2017, the Pentagon suspended its operation.

And the Department of Defense tightened the rules, demanding that recruits who were still under development were subjected to new, more stringent checks that could take more than a year.

The recruits had to undergo tough lengthy interviews - they were asked questions on every aspect of their life, selecting the phone and computer.

They had to tell about all their foreign travels from the moment of their birth, disclose their financial information, and also name all “living or dead” acquaintances who were associated with any government; provide detailed information about “all relatives in any country in the world” with whom they have ever had contact.

According to the Pentagon, two of three recruits undergo an in-depth test, that is, about 33% is eliminated.

The new rules also severely limit the ability to obtain citizenship for all immigrant recruits of the American army.

Before one day of military service, it was enough to apply for citizenship. But according to the new rules, at least 180 days of active service are required or one year in reserve.

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