The union of workers who do the screening of new immigrants, fears the Senate Amnesty bill is likely to force rubberstamping dangerous applicants. Actually, rubberstamping has been going on for years, while USCIS workers are often unable to keep up with the torrent of immigrants flowing in to satisfy politicians cravings for new votes.The new bill will intensify this bad situation and make it much worse.
SO MUCH FOR THIS BILL SUPPOSEDLY MAKING US SAFER!
Remember all the talk about how the amnesty bill would bring 11 million illegal aliens "out of the shadows" and make us safer by running them through thorough background checks?
Not going to happen, according to today's bombshell from the head of the union that represents the officers and staff at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) which is responsible for processing immigrants.
Here's what Kenneth Palinkas, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 119, told Congress and the public today:
SO MUCH FOR THIS BILL SUPPOSEDLY MAKING US SAFER!
Remember all the talk about how the amnesty bill would bring 11 million illegal aliens "out of the shadows" and make us safer by running them through thorough background checks?
Not going to happen, according to today's bombshell from the head of the union that represents the officers and staff at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) which is responsible for processing immigrants.
Here's what Kenneth Palinkas, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 119, told Congress and the public today:
"The culture at USCIS encourages all applications to be approved, discouraging proper investigation into red flags and discouraging the denial of any applications . . .USCIS has been turned into an 'approval machine.' "
The USCIS union today joined the union for ICE agents (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) in opposing the S. 744 amnesty, noting that it fails to provide for necessary in-person interviews and for those who have committed serious immigration and criminal offenses. "The legislation was written with special interests -- producing a bill that makes the current system worse, not better. . . (The bill would) damage public safety and national security and should be opposed by lawmakers."
The union said it can't protect American security at today's rate of applications, and in no way could do so with millions of additional ones coming in.
