BY THE NUMBERS: USCIS FURLOUGHS WILL RESULT IN MASSIVE CASE PROCESSING DELAYS AND BACKLOGS
Download article as PDF In about one week, USCIS plans to furlough roughly 13,400 of its 20,000 employees due to “budget shortfalls.” This is more than two-thirds, or 67%, of its workforce. The furloughs appear to be agency-wide, meaning no office or service center will be spared. The effects of...