The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (Uscisfor its acronym in English) announced the creation of a special unit “Strengthening the capacity of the immigration system” the North American country. In this sense, it is planned to carry out a supplementary examination of immigration applications such as visas.
The agency presented the new system in a statement. There is the use of technological mechanisms such as artificial intelligence Identify suspects “Terrorists, foreigners, criminals and other nationals” that pose a threat to the country.
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“The role USCIS plays in the country’s immigration system “It’s never been more important.”said agency director Joseph B. Edlow. “The establishment of this research center will give us even better capabilities to maintain national security and ensure public safety.”
The unit wants a “More comprehensive supplementary review” of immigration applications and petitions. They are used for this Background Check Resources from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies.
“Under the Biden administration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have been forced to expedite immigration and naturalization processes without considering how this has impacted national security and the safety of our communities.”Edlow said.
“We changed this approach from day one of the Trump administration. We are building further protective measures “Ensuring that fraud, deception and threats do not violate the integrity of our immigration system,” he added.
Once the new system is up and running, both pending applications as the already approved for foreigners. The latter will have another review “quite”.
Likewise, the reviews prioritize the Inquiries from selected countries of interest by the President and is governed by Presidential Executive Order 14161.
A few days after the shooting in Washington that left a National Guard soldier dead, The agency tightened immigration procedures through the break asylum applications, green cardCitizenship processes and status adjustment for people from the 19 countries viewed by “high risk”:
There is no exact information yet about how long the break will last.. However, delays are expected in millions of cases that are still pending.
Another of the recent actions announced by the USCIS is the update of its policy manual for Reducing the maximum validity period of work authorization documents or EADs from five years to 18 months for certain categories of foreigners, such as those entitled to asylum or refugees.
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