Government
Aug. 2, 2019
Defense Department pauses policy that delayed green card holders from joining the military.
The Department of Defense will not, for now, be applying a Trump administration policy that has kept thousands of green card holders from serving in the military pending background checks following a lawsuit by Latham & Watkins.
The Department of Defense will not, for now, be applying a Trump administration policy that has kept thousands of green card holders from serving in the military pending background checks.
The decision follows a lawsuit by Latham & Watkins LLP that in February went up to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which denied a district court stay of a preliminary injunction over the policy. Kuang v. U.S. Depa...
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