{"id":26048,"date":"2018-02-08T21:07:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T21:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/08\/troops-veterans-are-now-protected-from-deportation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:13:54","slug":"troops-veterans-are-now-protected-from-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/02\/08\/troops-veterans-are-now-protected-from-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops, veterans are now &#8216;protected&#8217; from deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approximately 800 service members whose military service was put in limbo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/09\/07\/pentagon-trump-order-to-end-daca-raises-issues-for-military\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">President Donald Trump\u2019s decision<\/a> to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program will not be deported, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/12\/11\/trump-accuses-democrats-of-blocking-military-funding-in-budget-negotiations\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Congress has been at an impasse over DACA, <\/a>which provides a protected status for some younger undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis told reporters Thursday that he has finalized an agreement with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to put the military\u2019s \u201dDreamers\u201d in a protected status. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1113\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg?resize=300,159 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg?resize=768,407 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,543 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,814 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/257406.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1085 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first Navy Sailors to participate in the Secretary of Defense&#8217;s Military Accessions Vital to National Interest  pilot program are issued the oath of citizenship by Stacey Summers, branch chief from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Chicago field office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnyone who is in the delayed enlistment program, in other words they are already signed up and they are waiting to go into boot camp, anyone on active duty and anyone in the active reserves and anyone with an honorable discharge is, right now, except for two possible exceptions, they will not be subject to any kind of deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe only two exceptions would be if for some reason they have committed a serious felony, and I realize even a low-level felony apparently does not put you in that category &#8230; that could jeopardize them. 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