Noncitizens In Armed Forces File Class Complaint Over Citizenship Obstructions

(April 29, 2020, 12:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six members of the U.S. military who are not citizens of the United States filed a class complaint on April 28 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia accusing the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Defense secretary of enacting a 2017 policy (the N-426 policy) that blocked their expedited path to citizenship previously promised by Congress under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (Ange Samma, et al. v. United States Department of Defense, et al., No. 20-1104, D. D.C.)....