DHS eases screening for some refugees
to save time
Posted By: Ribicon, 12/15/2021 10:00:30 AM
Homeland Security has ditched an interview requirement for spouses and children of refugees who want to come to the U.S. as a package deal, saying it was taking too long to complete the cases without much benefit from the extra work. The move is the latest deletion of a Trump-era security policy. The Biden team said requiring interviews was “inconsistent” with President Biden’s executive orders calling for a more inclusive immigration system. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the government’s legal immigration agency, said it can still do interviews on a case-by-case basis, but only when “there is a need to do so.”
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Come on, man. DHS is overworked and underpaid and besides, USA needs more radically Diverse residents who on average cost taxpayers some $133,000 over the course of their lifetimes. All provided they're relocated no closer than 120 miles of where our Grand Overlords live, because cultural enrichment is for us, not them.