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An Associated Press report on Thursday leveled an accusation against the Trump administration, alleging that immigrant U.S. army recruits and reservists are being discharged from the military. The report cited recent cases in which non-citizen recruits were issued an unqualified discharge from the military, and thereby denied naturalization through a special program designed to attract skilled foreign-national enlistees with a promise of citizenship.

Outrage at the Trump administration’s immigration policies naturally followed. The problem? The report didn’t exactly get to the truth of the matter, which is that the Trump administration’s border policies have nothing to do with the discharges.

WIBC host Tony Katz examines what’s actually going on in the video below: