How the Trump administration is turning legal immigrants into undocumented ones (merged)

[geowrian 22,335]

COVID-19 impacted a lot of things in unforeseeable ways. In this case, it impacted both funding and staffing needed to perform the printing, and now there's a decent backlog.

[thatguyuknow 147]

It’s pathetic. The agency is funded with our money. They don’t print the cards out of the goodness of their hearts, we pay for them!

[Canerican 242]

2 hours ago, thatguyuknow said:

It’s pathetic. The agency is funded with our money. They don’t print the cards out of the goodness of their hearts, we pay for them!

i agree that you pay for USCIS to provide a service and understand that what I am about to say is not an immigrants fault but a financial decision out of your control. At the time that USCIS announced changes to their fees last year, I looked at the fee compared to what it cost to complete the petition, etc. Upon reviewing this information USCIS is not even operating at a break even point financially, they are operating at a loss. I am also going to add that the current fees have not changed so they continue to operate at a loss. This, combined with the result of less petitions, etc due to COVID, may be why card production backlog is being experienced. I am in no way saying this is okay, but be grateful and thankful that you have status with your NOA1 and visa. As I have said in other posts, and I will say again, when you start this process you are not in control. I tell children that I work with all the time to assess what they can control and cannot control. If we worry too much about what we cannot control or what we ought to have it can wreak havoc on the immune system and make us sick. Been there, done that as a teenager, and paying for it in adulthood. This process is not easy, and at times is not quick. Again, I’m sorry that you are going through this but the article is misleading, people who are legal are not undocumented, they still have legal status. I want to go one step further and say bring your NOA2 and your cell phone with you as proof of card being in production. Download USPS app to track whete your card is located and USCIS Case Tracker app for your case in case you get asked about status. 

Edited July 17, 2020 by CDN(ON)-USA(VT)

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

5 hours ago, geowrian said:

COVID-19 impacted a lot of things in unforeseeable ways. In this case, it impacted both funding and staffing needed to perform the printing, and now there's a decent backlog.

^This and The article can make an Argument for slowing down immigration to the US

; especially visas that will require multiple cards (GC & EAD) until they catch up /receive a bailout but no one wants to hear that 🤷‍♀️

[LibbyG99 65]

11 hours ago, Soul Mates said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-trump-administration-is-turning-legal-immigrants-into-undocumented-ones/2020/07/09/15c1cbf6-c203-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html
 

Some 50,000 green cards and 75,000 other employment authorization documents promised to immigrants haven’t been printed, USCIS said in a statement. The agency said it had planned to escalate printing but that it “cannot speculate on future projections of processing times.” In the event of furloughs — which the agency has threatened if it does not get a $1.2 billion loan from Congress — “all agency operations will be affected.”

It's getting so challenging to get my fiance to America legally, I won't lie, there are times I think about ways I can get him here illegally....

[Crazy Cat 39,312]

18 minutes ago, LibbyG99 said:

It's getting so challenging to get my fiance to America legally, I won't lie, there are times I think about ways I can get him here illegally....

You won't get any help here with that....

[aleac 75]

6 hours ago, CDN(ON)-USA(VT) said:

i agree that you pay for USCIS to provide a service and understand that what I am about to say is not an immigrants fault but a financial decision out of your control. At the time that USCIS announced changes to their fees last year, I looked at the fee compared to what it cost to complete the petition, etc. Upon reviewing this information USCIS is not even operating at a break even point financially, they are operating at a loss. I am also going to add that the current fees have not changed so they continue to operate at a loss. This, combined with the result of less petitions, etc due to COVID, may be why card production backlog is being experienced. I am in no way saying this is okay, but be grateful and thankful that you have status with your NOA1 and visa. 

You fail to mention that USCIS started losing considerable money under this administration, the deficit was minimal until 2016.

In part because of poor management,  also because part of the funds were taken out from USCIS to fund ICE or DHS. Also immigration officials were assigned other duties fighting illegal immigration instead of assisting with legal immigration. Delays from USCIS did not start this year. They should really stop blaming "Covid and less petitions" for this disaster

[ameksy 5]

37 minutes ago, LibbyG99 said:

It's getting so challenging to get my fiance to America legally, I won't lie, there are times I think about ways I can get him here illegally....

lmao..I feel u!!

[Crazy Cat 39,312]

Just now, ameksy said:

lmao..I feel u!!

You won't get any help here with that, either.

[ameksy 5]

11 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

You won't get any help here with that, either.

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂...ooookkkk..sebu

[Soul Mates 44]

Yes, people still have status but that doesn’t mean this delay isn’t affecting anyone. Just makes things more difficult to get a job, renew a driver’s license/ID, etc.

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

1 hour ago, aleac said:

You fail to mention that USCIS started losing considerable money under this administration, the deficit was minimal until 2016.

In part because of poor management,  also because part of the funds were taken out from USCIS to fund ICE or DHS. Also immigration officials were assigned other duties fighting illegal immigration instead of assisting with legal immigration. Delays from USCIS did not start this year. They should really stop blaming "Covid and less petitions" for this disaster

Ok and? They were still running a deficit even before this administration. Not to mention you make it sound like going after illegal immigration is a bad thing when it isn't 

[aleac 75]

Just now, Cyberfx1024 said:

Ok and? They were still running a deficit even before this administration. Not to mention you make it sound like going after illegal immigration is a bad thing when it isn't 

All I said is that ignorant people are buying the whole "Covid this this" story when in reality it's inefficient management and defunding USCIS for years.

Also, I never said going after illegal immigration was a bad thing, please read before posting. Thanks!

[Henry357 70]

Completely misleading headline.  Not getting a card doesn’t make anyone undocumented/illegal. 

[Henry357 70]

3 hours ago, aleac said:

You fail to mention that USCIS started losing considerable money under this administration, the deficit was minimal until 2016.

In part because of poor management,  also because part of the funds were taken out from USCIS to fund ICE or DHS. Also immigration officials were assigned other duties fighting illegal immigration instead of assisting with legal immigration. Delays from USCIS did not start this year. They should really stop blaming "Covid and less petitions" for this disaster

Do you have a source for your claim that USCIS fees are being redirected to ICE?   I have never heard this. 
 

You realize that IO pay has skyrocketed up to a starting wage of over 100k/year due to 10 years of raises to all federal workers.  Other government “departments” just charge our national credit card that your kids will pay buck but USCIS is self funded so needs to raise fees.