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USCIS’ Funding Crisis Might Be Too Big for the Agency to Fix by Itself

by Dara Lind | Jan 17, 2023 | Adjustment of Status, Benefits & Relief, Immigration 101 | 0

On January 3, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally published a new proposed...

USCIS Wastes Time and Money With Increased Vetting in Citizenship Processing

by Alecs Cook | Jul 21, 2020 | Adjustment of Status, Benefits & Relief, How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101 | 0

The Trump administration has justified major changes to citizenship processing to “safeguard” the...

USCIS Wants $1.2 Billion in Taxpayer Dollars. The Agency Should Do These 3 Things Before Getting a Bailout.

by Alecs Cook | Jun 17, 2020 | Benefits & Relief, Reform | 0

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made a request for $1.2 billion in emergency...

USCIS Processing Times Get Even Slower Under Trump

by Walter Ewing | Feb 4, 2019 | Adjustment of Status, Benefits & Relief, Employment Authorization, How the Immigration System Works | 0

The Trump administration has slowed the processing of immigration benefit applications to a crawl, causing needless harm to immigrants, their families, and their employers. Under President Trump, the backlog of applications at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) doubled in the span of only one year. A recent analysis of USCIS data by the American […]