He United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Creation of a “special unit” against migrants. In particular, employees in the Background Check Center will investigate this Foreigner who have a criminal record or which represent a potential threat for public safety.
In a press release, USCIS stated that the The special unit will seek to strengthen the capacity of the U.S. immigration system. In this way it will conduct research Identify terrorists, foreign criminals and others who “represent a potential threat” for public safety or have that committed fraud or other crimes.
Once the Atlanta-based Background Check Center is fully operational, this will be the case will centralize increased background checks for foreign nationals. According to the agency, this will be possible react more quickly to changes in “a constantly evolving threat landscape.”
However, investigations are not only carried out against people with a criminal record. The new unit will use all capabilities to select and verify classified and unclassified data to develop a more comprehensive supplementary review of immigration applications and petitions. Also HE They will help with artificial intelligence.
In this way, the center takes responsibility Review pending requestsas well as the implementation of a more comprehensive analysis of already approved foreign petitions.
In addition, the resources of the are used Ministry of Homeland Security (DHS) and other law enforcement agencies to do their jobs.
“After several violent incidentsincluding a Attack by a foreigner on National Guard members on US soil“Establishing this verification center will provide us with enhanced capabilities to ensure national security and ensure public safety,” said USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow.
In this sense, he emphasized that “the approach has changed since day one of the Trump administration.”. “Under the current presidency, we are implement further protective measures which ensure that fraud, deception and threats Do not violate the integrity of our immigration system“, emphasized Edlow.
The checks that the Background Check Center performs They will prioritize requests from what Donald Trump has designated “countries of interest.”. This may lead to extra caution Immigrants from countries like Venezuela and Cubaamong other things.
The announcement indicates that the plans are consistent with Executive Order 14161, entitled “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other Threats to National and Public Security.”
It emphasizes that the goal of these provisions is to “protect Americans from aliens who attempt to commit acts of terrorism, endanger national security, adopt an ideology of hate, or otherwise exploit immigration laws for malicious purposes.”
One of the most recent actions by the Trump administration is the order to do so are investigating foreigners from 19 “high-risk countries”.:
With this in mind, the federal government announced its intention to extend the travel ban to 30 countries. In an interview with Fox News on December 4th, the Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemwas asked about the alleged expansion of the list to include affected countries and stated: “I won’t say the exact number, but there are more than 30. And the president continues to evaluate countries.”
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