They are Going to Shutdown Many Immigration Offices

Splinternews ^ | 14 March 19 | hapnHal

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is preparing to close down its 21 overseas offices, and shut down its international division entirely, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The move was announced by USCIS director Francis Cissna in an email to staffers.

“The goal of any such shift would be to maximize U.S.C.I.S. resources that could then be reallocated, in part, to backlog reduction efforts,” a UCIS spokesperson told the New York Times. The move has yet to be fully approved by the State Department, according to the Post.

The USCIS typically handles everything from work visa and asylum requests, to citizenship applications. According to Cissna, closing the international division offices is to “better leverage our funds to address backlogs in the United States.” However, USCIS staffers explained to the Times, shuttering the offices could impede efforts from people applying to immigrate while abroad, and make it more difficult for people already in the U.S. to bring over family members.

[goodnesswins]

I’ll believe it when I see it

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I found this map;

From USCIS

[bgill]

I’d be happy to see all immigration, legal and illegal, to be stopped. Once we find and kick out those who came here illegally or forgot to return home, then perhaps we can talk about opening a couple back up.

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oops ... sorry for the large pic