Inspector General\u2019s report<\/a> assailed Rodriguez\u2019s USCIS for improperly issuing at least 19,000 green cards, potentially \u201cenabling terrorists, criminals and undocumented aliens to remain in the United States.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhile insisting that his agency \u201coperated with\nintegrity,\u201d Rodriguez at least acknowledged that sharp increases in citizenship\nprocessing times began on his watch. \u201cWe own it, it wasn\u2019t perfect,\u201d he\naverred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its amorphous critique of USCIS under\nTrump, MPI complains that the agency \u201cshifted its focus from customer service\nto intensive vetting and fraud detection,\u201d as if those are inappropriate\nactivities. Holding a green card does not automatically confer citizenship;\nwaiting periods, interviews and document reviews are all required by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If, as immigration attorney Eric Cohen claimed Thursday, USCIS is \u201cmanipulating the process\u201d to unfairly deny citizenship applications, official statistics and MPI\u2019s own numbers show the agency is doing a bad job of it. MPI has presented no valid reason to believe that the 700,000 citizenship applicants awaiting USCIS adjudication will get anything other than full consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new report — \u201cA Rockier Road to U.S. Citizenship?\u201d \u2013 suggests that the Trump administration is making it harder for green card holders to become American citizens. In the end, the study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) knocks down its own straw man. After floating a few unverified anecdotes from immigration lawyers, the<\/p>\n
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