Immigration

By Matt Scherer I have been reading the numerous online reports of the Federal Government’s efforts to arrest military members with Purple Hearts because they didn’t have US citizenship. I recalled observing several oaths of citizenship in my own local military community. I have decided to research the path to citizenship for foreign nationals who have chosen to serve the

When Edem Martey began his Navy career at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes in 2012, he mastered not only knot tying and shipboard terminology but he also had to learn how to swim and how  to become a U.S. citizen. Martey , a native of Ghana, enlisted in the Navy with his “green card,” a Permanent Resident Card.   As a