【9月24日】看軍聞學英語

■泰戈爾

原文：

Javier Dela Torre was making plans to join the Army when he learned military service would not provide a pathway to citizenship for his mother. Prior immigration violations meant his mother’s case did not qualify for the immigration benefit he believed military service could provide. He decided not to enlist.

Whether cases like Dela Torre’s are isolated - or occur often enough to influence military recruitment - is something The Pentagon does not publicly track.

Military Times asked the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness whether the department documents immigration-related concerns during the recruitment process. The department did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Immigrants and noncitizens have long served in the military, with Blue Star Families reporting one in 10 service members belongs to a recently immigrated family.

Recruiters, attorneys and military-family advocates say immigration questions continue to arise in conversations about military service.

中譯：

德拉托雷原本正計畫加入陸軍，但他隨後得知，服兵役並無法為其母親提供一條通往公民身分的途徑。由於先前的移民違規記錄，意味著他母親的案件並不符合他原先認為服兵役所能帶來的移民福利。最終，他決定不入伍了。

像德拉托雷這樣的案例究竟只是個案，還是發生頻率高到足以影響軍隊募兵成效？美國戰爭部（五角大廈）公開紀錄中並沒有追蹤這項數據。

《軍事時報》曾詢問負責人事與戰備的戰爭部副部長辦公室，了解該部門是否會在招募過程中記錄與移民相關的疑慮。然而，該部門對多次的置評請求皆未做出回應。

長期以來，移民和非公民一直在軍隊中服役。「藍星家庭」（Blue Star Families，美國軍眷組織）的報告指出，每10名現役軍人中，就有 1 人來自近期才移民的家庭。

招募人員、律師以及軍眷倡議人士皆表示，在討論是否服兵役的對話中，移民問題仍不斷被提起。

關鍵軍語

※enlist：入伍 ／應徵入伍

※The Pentagon：五角大廈（美國戰爭部代稱）