The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service

• By Chelbie Carter

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Facts about the USCIS

• Jonathan Scharfen is the director.
• There are 205 officers around the world.
• There are a total of 15,000 employees and 250
  headquarters.
• The USCIG was brought into the Department of
  Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.

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• The UCSIGs priorities are to promote national
  security, to eliminate immigration, and to
  improve costumer services.
• US Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS)
  is responsible for many things.

More Facts.
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A Day in the Life of USCIS

• -Processes 30,000 applications for immigration
  benefits.
• -Issue 6, 000 Permanent Resident Cards.
• -Naturalize 3,000 new citizens.
• -Naturalize 27 new citizens who are members of
  the Unites States Armed Forces.

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Responsibilities

• Grants citizenship
• Takes care of naturalization petitions
• Adjudicates asylum and refugee applications and
  claims
• Makes adjudicative decisions at the bureau's
  service centers
• Manages immigration benefits and services
• Adjudicates petitions for temporary workers who
  are not immigrants
• Grants recognized permanent resident status

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USCIS Vision

• USCIS will strengthen Americas future by
  becoming a costumer focused innovator of benefits
  processing, a catalyst for citizenship education,
  instruction and outreach, a recognized and
  credible source of useful information, and a
  leading contributor to the security of the United
  States.

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• This is a job for an experienced person, and it
  involves taking a higher-level view of the
  organization.
• This position requires previous similar
  experience.
• Pay range 66,579.00 - 102,930.00/yr.

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Questions

• Q What is the Supreme Law of the land?
• A The Constitution
• Q What does the constitution do?
• A Sets up the government, Defines the
  government,
• Protects the basic rights of Americans

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Questions (Continued)

• Q What are the first three words of the
  Constitution?
• A We the people
• Q What is the definition of an Amendment?
• A A change to the Constitution.