Trump Administration Plans to Close Key Immigration Operations Abroad

[Swordsmyth]

The Trump administration is preparing to shutter many of its immigration operations abroad, cutting back on a key support system for those applying overseas to relocate to the United States.
The director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, L. Francis Cissna, told senior staff members this week that the international division, which has operations in more than 20 countries, would close down by the end of the year, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting.

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@kahless

[enhanced_deficit]

Is this part of following pledge and thus another MAGA campaign promise fulfilled?

Trump: I want to scrap all H1B visas

[kahless]

The Trump administration is preparing to shutter many of its immigration operations abroad, cutting back on a key support system for those applying overseas to relocate to the United States.
The director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, L. Francis Cissna, told senior staff members this week that the international division, which has operations in more than 20 countries, would close down by the end of the year, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting.

More at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tr...oad/ar-BBUGyYC
@kahless

For legal non-refugee immigration what really was really the point of these offices anyway when in this day and age it can all be done online.

United States military personnel abroad would no longer be able to file immigrant visa petitions for spouses and family members locally.

“It’s going to smack all government employees abroad, including folks in the military, who have a foreign spouse or kids they are trying to bring to the U.S. legally,” said Ms. Stock, who handles a number of such cases in her immigration practice.

She said that one of her clients, an American defense contractor living on a military base in Kuwait who married a Yemeni woman, could be forced to remain apart from his wife for an extended period of time after returning to the United States if he cannot apply for her green card abroad.

“If he can’t get it through international operations, he will be thrown into the general U.S. backlog and have to be separated from his wife for more than a year,” Ms. Stock said.

That sounds like a load a crap. Fear mongering so government employees do not lose their jobs since why could it not be done via mail or internet.

[oyarde]

Good . There is no way to justify spending the taxpayers money on 20 of these offices and staff .