US EditionTrump Administration Mandates Enhanced Security Checks for Immigration Applicants
USCIS said the new checks will briefly delay decisions as it expands FBI database access for asylum, green card, naturalization and sponsorship cases.
- The USCIS is temporarily pausing immigration decisions to conduct enhanced FBI background checks, according to internal guidance distributed last week.
- Prompted by an executive order from President Trump in February, the Justice Department provided The USCIS greater access to FBI criminal history databases, affecting nationals from 39 countries.
- These checks affect pending fingerprint-based applications, including permanent residency and Citizenship requests; officers must resubmit cases if FBI information was received before last Monday.
- USCIS spokesperson Zach Kahler stated the agency 'implemented new security checks to strengthen the vetting and screening,' adding that 'Any delay in decision issuance should be brief and resolved shortly.'
- The expanded screenings represent the latest front in The Trump administration's campaign to tighten access to the United States immigration system.
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Trump Admin Requiring Enhanced Background Checks For Immigration Benefits
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Expanded USCIS Background Checks and AI Vetting Policies Delay Green Card and Citizenship Applicants
Millions of legal immigrants waiting for green cards, citizenship, or asylum decisions in the US have been thrown into administrative limbo after the Trump administration ordered expanded FBI background checks on all pending immigration cases, with officers told not to approve any application that hasn't cleared the new screening. How the New Checks Work US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) distributed internal guidance last week inst…
Trump Administration Orders Stricter Screenings for Immigration Applicants
Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx via AP ImagesThe Trump administration is implementing stepped-up security screenings for immigrants applying for visas, asylum and citizenship, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed to NOTUS on Tuesday.Officers with USCIS were ordered last week to utilize the agency’s greater access to FBI databases, including criminal history reports, to vet new immigration applicants.News of the enhanced security check…
Trump administration mandates enhanced security checks for immigration applicants
The Trump administration is subjecting broad categories of immigrants applying for green cards and citizenship to enhanced FBI checks, and is pausing some cases while those changes are implemented, according to documents obtained by CBS News.
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Trump's government temporarily paused decisions on immigration applications to ensure that they comply with the recently implemented security verification guidelines, according to a familiar source and an internal memorandum revised by CNN. Trump's government officials have sought to harden the U.S. immigration system—and the most recent effort is intended to be a “temporary measure to ensure approvals comply with new s…
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