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During Tuesday’s Special Report, Fox News Channel confirmed that the Pentagon had suspended their program that allowed certain immigrants hastened U.S. citizenship, the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI). “Lawmakers tell us the program has been, quote, "compromised." With reports that some enrollees are unaccounted for tonight and fears of foreign infiltration spreading across Capitol Hill,” announced Anchor Bret Baier at the top of the show.
Although Fox News Channel’s confirmation was exclusive, talk of a “compromised” program had been around for a while, with no mention of it by the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC).
In describing the purpose of the Pentagon’s program, Fox News Channel’s Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen explained that “since 2009, the Defense Department has enrolled more than 10,000 foreign-born individuals into the U.S. armed forces under [MAVNI] … In exchange for service, the foreigners selected for language or other needed skills can receive an expedited path to U.S. citizenship.”
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