[Ed. – This in spite of Obama’s legacy being a military that has to cut thousands of troops. Once again, don’t be fooled by the way this is reported. None of this is a plan concocted by the uniformed military. The military hasn’t advocated any of the debilitating cuts in strength or misdirected emphases on “social issues.” It’s all Obama and his civilian appointees.]

In a break from previous votes on the issue, the House on Thursday rejected two GOP proposals to prevent the Obama administration from enlisting young illegal immigrants to serve in the military.

Lawmakers voted down two measures offered by immigration hard-liners Reps. [score]Steve King[/score] (R-Iowa) and [score]Paul Gosar[/score] (R-Ariz.) that would have prohibited the use of federal money to enlist young illegal immigrants who have been granted work permits under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

More than 30 Republicans with more centrist views on immigration joined all Democrats in opposing the two amendments offered to a Defense Department spending bill. The amendments failed narrowly with votes of 207-214 and 210-211, respectively. …

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The Obama administration has already enlisted some DACA recipients through a program, Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI), that recruits immigrants with valued foreign language or medical skills to serve in the military. Gosar said the Pentagon confirmed to his office that it had recruited 141 DACA recipients as of April.

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