{"id":55779,"date":"2018-07-05T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/05\/more-veteran-requests-for-help-on-immigration-are-rejected-now-data-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:35:00","slug":"more-veteran-requests-for-help-on-immigration-are-rejected-now-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2018\/07\/05\/more-veteran-requests-for-help-on-immigration-are-rejected-now-data-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"More veterans\u2019 requests for help on immigration are rejected now, data shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration, the government is rejecting more requests from veterans and their dependents for protection from deportation, according to new government data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released previously unreported statistics on the numbers of active duty and veteran service members who were seeking deportation protections for a spouse or a dependent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data shows that rejections of veteran requests have increased under President Donald Trump, from about a 10 percent rejection rate in fiscal 2016, the last year President Barack Obama was in office, to an almost 20 percent rejection rate through the first nine months of fiscal 2018. Specifically: <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2016, the Obama administration denied 140 veteran requests for deportation protection and approved 1,304 requests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2017, the Trump administration denied 250 veteran requests for deportation protection and approved 1,449 requests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first nine months of fiscal 2018, the Trump administration has denied 218 requests for deportation protection and approved 875 requests. <\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/more-denials-1h7z2l0595dl2ow?live\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">USCIS data on veteran, active duty deportation protection requests<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the increase in rejections for the dependents of active members was not as steep, it still rose from slightly more than 11 percent in fiscal 2016 to about 14.5 percent to date in fiscal 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/01\/as-many-as-11800-military-families-face-deportation-issues-group-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18085667502261.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">As many as 11,800 military families face deportation issues, group says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While the active duty members themselves are protected \u2014 because in order to enlist a service member has to show proof that they are in the country legally \u2014 their undocumented spouses are not.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protections, known as Parole in Place, allow members of the military to petition the government to drop any removal proceedings against a spouse or dependent who entered the U.S. illegally. That action then allows that family member to seek an adjustment in his or her residency status without having to leave the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ability to remain in the U.S. is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/01\/as-many-as-11800-military-families-face-deportation-issues-group-says\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">critical advantage<\/a> because most other undocumented immigrants seeking legal residency in the U.S. must first depart the country and not return for years while going through the lengthy process of obtaining a visa. Parole in Place allows those military families to stay together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Parole in Place requests from both active duty and veteran service members spiked 31 percent from the last year of the Obama administration to the first year of Trump\u2019s presidency, to 6,586 applications in 2017, as the new president directed the Department of Homeland Security to increase the number of deportations it processed. However most Parole in Place decisions take months or years to get approved and often are not decided in the same year as they are applied for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among active duty service members the spike in 2017 from the year before was 33 percent, and among veterans, 29 percent. Multiple active duty families have contacted Military Times with fears that their spouse or dependent will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/22\/sailor-faces-deployment-and-immigrant-wifes-deportation\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">be deported while they are deployed<\/a>, and veterans have contacted the paper worried that despite their military service, their family will be split apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/12\/military-times-sailor-of-the-years-wife-reveals-she-fears-deportation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Loretto1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military Times\u2019 Sailor of the Year\u2019s wife reveals she fears deportation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Loretto Sullivan and many other military members, veterans and spouses are speaking out about their deportation fears. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said military members are now protected from deportation, but the families want to know, what about the spouses and kids?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary Jim Mattis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/08\/troops-veterans-are-now-protected-from-deportation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" class=\"\">has said previously <\/a>that active duty service members and veterans who had served honorably and who were part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/30\/mattis-services-looking-into-military-spouse-deportations\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">would be protected<\/a>. Mattis said he would work with DHS to see whether there were similar protections available for their dependents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1288\" height=\"1590\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Immigration_Requests.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Immigration_Requests.jpg.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Immigration_Requests.jpg.jpg?resize=243,300 243w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Immigration_Requests.jpg.jpg?resize=768,948 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Immigration_Requests.jpg.jpg?resize=830,1024 830w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Immigration_Requests.jpg.jpg?resize=1244,1536 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1288px) 100vw, 1288px\" \/><figcaption 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