Posted on 02/09/2022 12:02:38 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The federal agency that oversees the legal immigration system on Wednesday replaced a controversial Trump-era mission statement that had removed the "nation of immigrants" label, calling the U.S. "a nation of welcome and possibility" in its new creed.
In an internal message to agency employees, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur Jaddou said the new mission statement better reflects the Biden administration's "commitment to an immigration system that is accessible and humane."
Wednesday's change, while symbolic, is part of a broader Biden administration effort to erase remnants of the immigration agenda employed by the Trump administration, which focused on restricting most avenues of legal immigration and used harsher rhetoric toward immigrants.
Last year, the Biden administration directed immigration agencies to discontinue terms like "illegal aliens" that it deemed to be dehumanizing.
In 2018, an outcry among progressive immigration advocates and others ensued when the Trump administration issued a USCIS mission statement that, among other changes, omitted the "nation of immigrants" passage present in the agency's previous and long-standing mission statement.
The Trump administration statement read, "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the nation's lawful immigration system, safeguarding its integrity and promise by efficiently and fairly adjudicating requests for immigration benefits while protecting Americans, securing the homeland, and honoring our values."
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We are a nation of native born citizens. Anyone who says otherwise is a lying pig.
“We are a nation of CITIZENS”
Not anymore. biden wants a nation of RESIDENTS. Then everyone can vote. And biden can pay them with our tax dollars as a bribe and they will, in turn, dutifully vote dem.
We’re a nation of Communists now..
ALL immigration, legal and/or illegal needs to be halted for 50 years....
The USA is no longer a country in the classic sense. I think of it as the International Economic Zone of North America. Or the IEZNA.
We are a nation led by a Pied Piper on our way to the abyss while maintaining that we’re the greatest nation on earth.
Our country was great while it lasted. Thanks for ruining it, grandpa Xiden.
Yep. I’m also in for 100 if anyone cares...
“:^)
Director Ur Jaddou?
Yeah that’s American as apple pie. /spit.
Major bonuses are due to reward hard-working immigration officials coming up with bright and original ideas! They spent their blood, sweat and tears to remove Trump-era evil words from their mission statement, they deserve the best! Let’s Go, immigration Officials!
The Bush Plan for North Mexico is nearly complete.
We left the rails of the Constitution January 20, 2009.
Everything that has happened since flows from that fatal error.
If it were up to me, the mission statement would simply be “We’re CLOSED!”.
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