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These Recruits Were Promised Citizenship in Exchange for Military Service. Now They Fear the US Has Forgotten Them A naturalization ceremony at the Army Community Services office on Fort Carson, Colorado, Sep. 20, 2019. (Sidnie Smith/U.S. Army) 13 Mar 2021 For a small group of young immigrants who were pitched a dream of gaining U.S. citizenship through military service, even a call home can jeopardize their status and flag them to the FBI. That s life for more than 100 would-be Americans who enlisted under the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest program. Started as a way to woo talented youths from other countries who could fill key military skill gaps, it has now become a drawn-out limbo fraught with security Catch-22s for those waiting months or years for background screenings to clear.

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