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NIO et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY et al
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October 19, 2022
Soldiers Forgo $10M Citizenship Dispute Fee For $2.75M
A class of foreign-born military recruits who sought $10 million in attorney fees after winning back their expedited path to naturalization two years ago have settled for $2.75 million in the interest of conserving resources and avoiding further litigation risks.
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June 01, 2021
Soldiers Can't Justify $10M Naturalization Case Fee, Feds Say
The U.S. government rebuked foreign soldiers' $10 million fee bid after they won a permanent bar on a Pentagon policy blocking their citizenship requests, telling a Washington, D.C., court that security concerns "substantially justified" why it championed the policy in court.
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August 21, 2020
DOD Can't Renege On Service Member Expedited Citizenship
A D.C. federal judge permanently barred the U.S. Department of Defense from enacting a 2017 rule that retroactively disqualified foreign-born military recruits' applications for expedited naturalization in a final order issued Thursday.
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May 23, 2019
Judge Scratches USCIS Policy For Foreign Military Recruits
A Washington, D.C., federal judge vacated a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy delaying citizenship applications for foreign military recruits until it receives a "suitability determination" from the U.S. Army, saying USCIS has wrongly used those determinations in place of its own judgment.
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October 22, 2018
Army Recruits Seek To Toss Feds' Win Bid In Citizenship Row
A class of noncitizen U.S. Army recruits challenging the imposition of added requirements for naturalization through a government program urged a District of Columbia federal court Friday to strike the Trump administration's bid for a quick win, arguing the federal government's motion doesn't comply with filing requirements.
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October 12, 2018
DOD Tossed 500 Recruits In Expedited Citizenship Program
The U.S. Department of Defense discharged in the space of a year more than 500 recruits who joined the military through a program meant to provide an expedited pathway to citizenship, according to recently unsealed records filed in consolidated class actions challenging those discharges and delays in the citizenship process.
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September 17, 2018
Feds Defend Vetting Rules In Recruits' Naturalization Suit
The U.S. departments of Defense and Homeland Security have urged a D.C. federal court to grant them a quick win in a class action from noncitizen U.S. Army recruits challenging the imposition of added requirements for naturalization, saying the policy is lawful.
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August 14, 2018
Noncitizen Recruits Say DOD Citizenship Policy Is Unlawful
Noncitizen Army reservists have asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block a U.S. Department of Defense policy imposing added eligibility requirements on their path to naturalization, arguing it will result in different government branches scrutinizing the same high-level security screening results twice, a needless, unconstitutional delay.
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March 20, 2018
Noncitizen Soldiers Seek To Block New Naturalization Policy
A putative class of noncitizen U.S. Army recruits accusing the government of unfairly delaying the expedited naturalization they were promised under a recently-paused program asked a D.C. federal judge to enjoin a policy that imposed new requirements on eligibility after they signed on to the program, calling the delays resulting from the policy a "cruel irony."
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January 24, 2018
Gov't Can't Dodge Soldiers' Expedited-Citizenship Suit
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday denied the government's bid to dismiss a putative class action by noncitizen U.S. Army recruits accusing it of unfairly delaying the expedited naturalization they were promised under a recently paused program.