{"id":29591,"date":"2018-08-21T18:26:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/21\/army-reinstates-at-least-36-discharged-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:45:25","slug":"army-reinstates-at-least-36-discharged-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/08\/21\/army-reinstates-at-least-36-discharged-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Army reinstates at least 36 discharged immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least three dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/06\/22\/lawsuit-green-card-holders-face-bias-in-us-military-policy\/\" target=_blank>immigrant recruits<\/a> who were booted from the U.S. Army after enlisting with a promised pathway to citizenship are being brought back to serve, according to court records filed Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Aug. 17, the U.S. Army has reinstated 32 reservists, and revoked discharge orders of another six enlistees who had sued. 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