Report: Email suggests the Army is still trying to expel immigrant recruits

The U.S. Army is reportedly still working to discharge immigrant soldiers, despite saying it was stopping the practice.

The New York Times obtained an internal Army email suggesting that officials were looking at different grounds to expel the recruits through legal reviews.

Read the full report by the New York Times.

The Times reported that the Army is placing security risks on some recruits in its Military Accessions Vital to National Interests Program, or MAVNI.

But some recruits claim that what the Army deems a “security risk” is actually an aspect of normal immigrant life, such as sending money home to their families.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Defense denies that the Army is using the legal reviews to expel recruits.