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Wage Increases: Graduate School and Effect June

wage increases: He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University, according to Vancouver Courier. In 2016, Zhao enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of a special recruitment program offering immigrants in the country legally a path to citizenship.article continues below Trending Stories'We ran for our lives' West 4th Avenue residents devastated by fire New social housing complex named after employee who died in hit-and-run Vancouver acting community rallies behind couple who lost everything in Kitsilano fire Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. The future, he said, was bright. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. Now, he is one of the dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists struggling with abrupt, often unexplained military discharges and cancelled contracts. It's just like you're dropped from heaven to hell, Zhao told The Associated Press on Friday. They traded being willing to risk their lives for the prospect of U.S. citizenship, a timeworn exchange that's drawn linguists, medical specialists and thousands of other immigrants to the military since the Revolutionary War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.