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Honoring Our Veterans

By immigrationprof

military servicemembers standing outside in rows on a stairway with their right hands raised up

November 11 is Veterans Day and the federal holiday is observed today. 

At ImmigrationProf Blog we celebrate and honor noncitizens who serve in the U.S. military. Between 2010 and 2021, over 100,000 noncitizens joined the U.S. military, and many more are veterans. Over twenty percent of all Medal of Honor recipients are immigrants. To recognize the sacrifice of service, Congress offers noncitizen servicemembers an expedited path to citizenship.

A 2022 report by the GAO highlighted deficits in the process for military naturalization and recommended a number of reforms, including to (1) Develop procedures to ensure timely processing of military service certifications of honorable military service; and (2) Establish a DOD policy to ensure the services inform noncitizen servicemembers about naturalization assistance.

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