WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) slammed the Trump Administration for once again betraying our nation's heroes by gutting the Immigrant Military Members and Veteran Initiative (IMMVI)-a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Veterans Affairs (VA) created in 2021 to help streamline immigration processes for Veterans and their families. In a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and VA directors, Duckworth called out the Administration for mishandling the immigration cases of American servicemembers,...