Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Fight for the American Dream Act would allow certain immigrants to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces and become citizens through military service. Specifically, the bill would permit people with employment authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to join the military, and it streamlines the naturalization process for non-citizens serving on active duty or in the Selected Reserve. The legislation eliminates outdated requirements and modernizes military naturalization rules to make the pathway to citizenship clearer for immigrant service members. This bill affects roughly 500,000 DACA recipients and other non-citizen military personnel who wish to serve their country and gain citizenship. The legislation contains no specific funding allocations or implementation timelines, focusing instead on removing legal barriers to military service and expediting the citizenship process for qualifying service members.
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