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Summary: Ali speaks with Valdeta Mehanja, a MAVNI program recruit & Army Black Hawk pilot-in-training. Originally from Kosovo, Val spent time in German refugee camps before working as a military contractor for the U.S. She and Ali spoke about her journey to the U.S., and what it was like for her to become a citizen. Ali also speaks to Laura Bingham of the Open Society Justice Initiative about their new report, Unmaking Americans: Insecure Citizenship in the United States.