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Senators 'deeply troubled' military lawyers being used for immigrations cases
BY REBECCA KHEEL - 06/22/18 09:31 AM EDT

Three senators, including one Republican, are asking the Pentagon to rethink its decision to send military lawyers to help prosecute immigration cases.

“For years, Congress has worked with the department on reforming the military justice system and providing the services with the resources to support the critical mission of promoting justice and maintaining good order and discipline within the armed forces,” Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday night.

“We are, therefore, deeply troubled by the department’s decision to send twenty-one active and reserve JAGs to the border on temporary orders to prosecute immigration cases,” they added.

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http://thehill.com/policy/defense/393615-senators-deeply-troubled-military-lawyers-being-used-for-immigrations-cases




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