Immigration & Citizenship

Naturalization can be tricky to get, but serving in the U.S. military provides a very strong road toward becoming a citizen.

At least 250 veterans were deported or in deportation proceedings between 2013 and 2018, according to a GAO report.

The U.S. government's inability to effectively run the Special Immigrant Visa program has badly damaged its reputation.

It began as a pilot program to attract recruits with medical aptitudes and language skills in Pashto, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu.

As of 2018, the United States had 94,000 noncitizen military veterans.

Army Pfc. Ange Samma filed the suit April 24 along with several other U.S. troops who enlisted under the MAVNI program.

The "Dreamers" in the ranks got a pass from the Supreme Court to continue serving.

They allege that alleged that new and lengthy security checks have effectively blocked them from obtaining citizenship