The main government agency of USA responsible for issuing citizenship, visas and permanent residence permits is forming their own police force that can arrest people for migratory violations, according to The Wall Street Journal.
He United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) He announced to the environment that he plans to train hundreds of federal agents to detect fraud in immigration requests and arrest immigrants in question or lawyers who helped prepare their requests.
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These agents will also carry weapons.
Until now, the USCIS remained separate from the immigration authorities, partly so that immigrants did not feel self -conscious when they present their case to the government and present their interviews.
The agency director, Joe Edlow, told The Wall Street Journal that he expects the new police agency investigate fraud patternsas immigrants from the same country that present almost identical immigration requests or citizenship applicants that pretend disabilities to avoid the English exam.
Edlow pointed out that another objective of these agents is the denaturation of the new citizens who lied in their requests.
“I don’t hope this inhibits applications. I anticipate that fraudulent applications inhibit,” Edlow noted.
From the return of Donald Trump to the White Houseits administration has sent agents of the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) to arrest immigrants during their interviews for citizenship, permanent residence or asylum.
