Posted on 02/10/2015 5:51:29 PM PST by jazusamo
The government expects so many applications for President Obama’s new deportation amnesty that it’s seeking a contractor just to open the new mail and enter the forms into the system, with plans to operate two shifts from 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. every workday to keep up with the anticipated workload.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency charged with approving the applications, expects more than 800,000 applications in just the first two and a half months, or a 70 percent surge compared to last year’s total intake for the entire agency. Over the first 18 or so months, the agency will process more than 4 million pieces of mail related to the larger part of the new amnesty, according to contracting documents.
All applications must be opened in the presence of two workers, one with “secret” security clearance, in order to maintain integrity of the applications, and mail may need to be X-rayed for security reasons, the documents show.
“USCIS is building the additional capacity needed to begin accepting requests for upcoming immigration initiatives,” the agency said in a statement to The Washington Times. “USCIS is on pace to have several hundred employees on board and trained by mid-May, which will ensure every case processed by USCIS receives a thorough, case-by-case review under our guidelines.”
But one former USCIS executive testified to Congress last week that the agency is going to be overwhelmed by the volume of applications and the truncated approval process.
“It’s going to be hard to tell how much fraud there is,” said Luke Bellocchi, a former deputy ombudsman for USCIS, as he testified to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week.
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“it’s seeking a contractor”
Dont tell me. An obama donor.
Does EVERYONE in Washington DC think this is a good idea?
Exactly, without out a doubt one of the highest 0bama donors.
And the GOPe will do ...nothing.
Yep, if not everyone it’s at the very least a large majority.
He is a treasonous bastard.
Amen to that!
The GOP is just a dirty in this mess as Obama.
” He is a treasonous bastard. “
No doubt.
Forget the impeach nonsense business.
TREASON is for HANGING. NOW.
do not fund this crap. Do not do a continuing resolution. I don’t give a crap about DHS!! We did fine with out it. Move the coast guard to the military!! Move Ice to the military. CLOSE THE DAMNED BORDERS!! NO WOBBLY REPUBLICRATS!!
In places like the southwest, no one will be able to tell the difference...
The rest of this country will eventually figure out what they’ve done to America.
They're still busy celebrating their big win, getting their hair done and remodeling their office's.
Their next big issue will be, do paper plate manufacturers intentionally add glue during the plate stacking process to sell more plates?
Goodbye America
I feel so blessed to have tasted freedom as a boy.
My heart aches for my nation.
They are coming already I think. See them every where in Arizona.
You and your kids replacements have been arriving for 30 years...Totally unabated.
You know something sickening. My Polish girlfriend can not get a VISA to enter the country to visit me. She has a masters degree in Economics and is considered a “risk” of overstaying the visa.
I tell her, and all my other foreign friends who deal with the immigration system, change your name to Maria Sanchez, learn a few Spanish words and get a flight to Tijuana and walk across. Once you get here just keep yelling “VIVA OBAMA.”
Yes, the important stuff.
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