Fight for the American Dream Act

Summary

Permits people who hold a USCIS employment authorization under the DACA policy at the time they enlist to be treated as qualified for enlistment in the armed forces, and updates federal military naturalization law by removing an older statute and modernizing eligibility language and gendered terms. There is no new funding, penalties, or deadlines in the bill.

• Adds USCIS-issued DACA employment authorization as a qualifying basis for military enlistment under federal law.
• Updates enlistment statutory heading and table entries to reflect the new eligibility category.
• Removes an older immigration statute from the INA and revises the military naturalization provision to modernize language and references.
• Replaces gendered pronouns in the naturalization statute with gender-neutral language.
• Alters some service-status and honorable-discharge references in the naturalization provision by replacing them with clarified cross-references.
• Makes no new appropriations, deadlines, or penalties; changes are limited to statutory text and clerical updates.
• Requires administrative updates by DoD, DHS, and USCIS to align forms, guidance, and procedures with the statutory changes.
• Focuses on enlistment eligibility and military naturalization procedures rather than creating new immigration relief or broad civilian immigration policy changes.