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MAVNI

Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest — a program allowing non-citizens with critical skills to serve in the U.S. military in exchange for expedited citizenship. Incidents involve betrayal of MAVNI service members through deportation despite military service.

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Deportation of US Military Veterans

The administration deported US military veterans including Purple Heart recipients wounded in combat, after replacing Biden-era protections that required ICE to consider military service. An estimated …

  • An estimated 94,000 US military veterans lack citizenship, leaving them vulnerable to detention and deportation.
  • In April 2025, the Trump administration replaced Biden-era guidance requiring ICE to consider military service before arrests with a memo …