Manuel Reyes-Alcaraz v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• holding that “ser- vice in the armed forces of the United States, along with the taking of the standard military oath, does not alter an alien’s status to that of a ‘national’ within the meaning of the Immi- gration and Nationality Act”
• observing that numerous provisions under the INA that apply specifically to the naturalization of military personnel “suggest that the persons to whom [the statutes] apply are not citizens and are not nationals” in the first place
• observing that numerous provisions under the INA that apply specifically to the naturalization of military personnel \suggest that the persons to whom [the statutes] apply are not citizens and are not nationals\ in the first place

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