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Agency that issues visas, green cards forming police force

USCIS will deploy roughly 200 special agents nationwide with authority to arrest immigrants and lawyers for fraud, aiming to clear backlogs and enforce immigration laws more efficiently.

  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will soon add armed agents authorized to make arrests, marking a significant change for the agency.
  • USCIS will train several hundred federal special agents to investigate immigration fraud and hold accountable those committing fraud.
  • The new rule will take effect 30 days after publication and is aimed at improving immigration law enforcement.
  • USCIS Director Joseph Edlow noted that the intent is to deter fraudulent applications, not to affect legitimate applicants.
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Newsweek broke the news in United States on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
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