The Army is discharging immigrant reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship, the Associated Press reports:

The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures.

“It was my dream to serve in the military,” said reservist Lucas Calixto, a Brazilian immigrant who filed a lawsuit against the Army last week. “Since this country has been so good to me, I thought it was the least I could do to give back to my adopted country and serve in the United States military.”

Some of the service members say they were not told why they were being discharged. Others who pressed for answers said the Army informed them they’d been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defense Department had not completed background checks on them.

Spokespeople for the Pentagon and the Army said that, due to the pending litigation, they were unable to explain the discharges or respond to questions about whether there have been policy changes in any of the military branches.

The Army started offering citizenship to recruits after 9/11, under the administration of George W. Bush -- who, for all his flaws, did want inclusive immigration reform.

As opposed to the racist currently occupying the White House, who is clearly following a policy of ethnic cleansing before our eyes. Well, we all know Republicans only win when they cheat. Getting rid of everyone who's unlikely to vote for them is an obvious goal.