The Pentagon made an important decision for the owners of green cards

The Pentagon has issued new directives, according to which thousands of green card holders who want to join the army will be sent for training.

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It is reported that the Navy has warned about the failure of recruitment due to long checks of the green card holders' questionnaires before joining the army.

In accordance with the document reviewed The Washington Post, Navy officials have described the lack of potential recruits as “untenable”.

Officials added that the situation leads to an "increased risk of mission failure."

According to The Post, the document states that the average waiting time for a green card holder to serve in the US military has increased to 354 days. In contrast, the average waiting time for US citizens is 168 days.

The newspaper added that a long waiting time may lead to the fact that the naval forces may not reach the goals for recruiting newcomers.

Partly because of military warnings and an injunction, the Pentagon issued new directives last month, according to which thousands of green card holders who want to join the army will be sent for training.

It is also envisaged that each military unit will immediately execute this statement.

This step followed a preliminary injunction issued in November by a judge of the district court, John Tigar.

Tigar ruled that the Pentagon unsatisfactorily explained why we need a new screening, adopted by the Trump administration in the 2017 year.

According to a military official who wished to remain anonymous, the navy has more than 2 870 green card holders who are still waiting to be tested to begin training.

Recall that October 13 2017 Department of Defense saidthat the holders of green cards can not go to training camps or other objects of the armed forces before passing the test of their background.

Prior to that, green card holders were allowed to go to training until the background verification was completed, if it had already been started. The new policy could have previously detained green card holders from the beginning of service for an average of one year due to the large number of inspections being conducted.

The order prohibited them from serving in the army at all, and even passing a preliminary background check until further notice.

Prohibiting green card holders from serving in the army contradicts federal law, which states that "a foreigner who has the legal right to permanently reside in the United States" may be enrolled in "any troops of the armed forces" of the country.

The current immigration law allows green card holders to speed up the process of obtaining US citizenship if they serve in the US Army for at least one year. Holders of green cards who did not serve in the army receive citizenship after a longer period of waiting and they are subject to more stringent requirements.

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