US immigration officers reassigned to screen South African refugees and find âunlawfulâ voters
Exclusive: internal correspondence reveals USCIS anti-fraud officers shifted on to two âhigh-priorityâ initiatives All US immigration officers working for a key anti-fraud unit have been reassigned by the Trump administration to focus on screening South African refugees and alleged âunlawfulâ voters. Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) immigration officers have been shifted full-time on to two âhigh-priorityâ initiatives, according to internal correspondence seen by the Guardian, leaving US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unable to provide officers to train asylum officers in âthe near futureâ. USCIS sits inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has led Donald Trumpâs immigration crackdown during his second term. The processing of asylum claims has largely ground to a halt during Trumpâs administration, leaving many seeking asylum in limbo. âAll FDNS [immigration officers] have been reassigned full-time to one of two high-priority USCIS initiatives (South African refugee screening and unlawful voter screening),â an internal message, sent on Monday, said. âBecause of this, we will not have the ability to assi
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