On February 7, 2018 at the White House in Washington, D.C. a speech was held by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. He spoke to confirm that the 850 immigrants who are currently serving in the military or waiting to start basic training would not face deportation even with the ongoing issues of people who came here illegally as children. Unless they have committed a serious felony or a judge has issued a specific deportation for them all veterans and those honorably discharged will be safe. In September President Trump said he was banning the DACA program which provided people who were brought here as children who are now living here illegally from deportation. All of those DACA service members came under a special recruitment program called the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest. They look for people who can offer special skills such as speaking another language fluently. Congress continues to struggle finding a legislative solution. This post relates to AP Gov class because...
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