Lawyers: Discharged Army specialist granted US citizenship
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lawyers for a South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who sued after the military discharged her say she's been granted citizenship.
Yea Ji Sea filed a lawsuit last month demanding a response to her citizenship application.
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California says she received notice Friday from the Justice Department that her application was approved.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sea came to the U.S. as a child and enlisted in the Army in 2013 under a special program for foreign citizens who want to serve in the U.S. military.
The 29-year-old is scheduled to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen on Aug. 24.
On Tuesday, a federal judge told the government they had three weeks to rule on her application or explain the delay to the court.