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Military Policies Conflict On Undocumented Family Members
ResumeLast month, the Obama administration announced a major change to immigration policy with regards to the military. Now, military family members who are in the country illegally have a new path to stay and apply for permanent legal status.
But this new policy appears contradictory to an increasingly common practice in many branches of the military — a practice that explicitly bans applicants who have undocumented dependents.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Jude Joffe-Block of Fronteras Desk reports.
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- Jude Joffe-Block, reporter for KJZZ and Fronteras Desk, covering immigration and demographics. She tweets @judejoffeblock.
This segment aired on December 16, 2013.