Senate Dems to unveil plan to protect DREAMers in the military

The measure from Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) would ensure that immigrants in the military who have been recruited through the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest initiative — hundreds of them beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — would be able to retain their status in the military until background checks and other screening processes are completed.

Between 1,000 and 1,800 immigrants participating in the MAVNI program have lost legal status because of backlogs in the screening process, the senators said.