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USCIS nominee pressed on backlog, parole programs, TPS and future vetting plans
Summary
Joseph Edlow, nominee to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told senators he would prioritize reducing case backlogs and strengthening vetting and fraud-detection if confirmed while declining some specifics about pending litigation and TPS terminations.
Joseph Edlow, President Trump’s nominee for director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would prioritize reducing the agency’s application backlogs and bolster screening and fraud-detection tools if confirmed.
Edlow said the asylum backlog had grown substantially during the prior four years; he cited the number of affirmative asylum filings as a point of concern and said the agency “doesn’t know who’s in the backlog.” He proposed using existing and emerging technologies and moving the agency’s fraud-detection unit “out of the shadows” to perform more active vetting and reduce…
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