‘Army Discharging Immigrants’ Story May Not Be the Outrage It’s Cracked up to Be
On Thursday, The Associated Press published a story with a headline that read, “US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits.” That headline was quickly met with outrage — but the story itself isn’t anything new. . .
Disappointing https://t.co/URSw3yyUAG
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) July 5, 2018
GOP Congressmen spent the Fourth of July in Moscow.
A Chinese factory is making Donald Trump’s 2020 American flags.
US Army recruits are being discharged because they are immigrants.
The Republican Party no longer gets to pretend it is patriotic.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) July 6, 2018
But as retired Army Col. Kurt Schlicter predicted, there was more to the story.
I guess Jon's offering his expertise in military personnel issues.
Yah.
Here's what's going to happen.
It's going to come out that a lot of them didn't show up for training, or failed training, or couldn't get security clearances.
And the media will never say a word about it. https://t.co/UnCbAS2c81— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 6, 2018
NPR’s Tim Mak offered a little more context, pointing out the fact that the real question — whether or not recruits are being discharged because they are immigrants — is never answered in the article.
This AP article is about immigrants who have enlisted but not gone to basic training.
People who enlist but then cannot go to basic for whatever reason are discharged all the time.
I bet I could find 40 recruits discharged bf basic for being too fat.
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) July 6, 2018
There are a number of innocuous explanations for these discharges.
Perhaps these immigrant recruits could not pass a background check (by the way there are jobs in the military that don't require clearance)
The AP does not answer the simple question: Did a policy change here?
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) July 6, 2018
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