Armed Agents Coming to US Green Card, Citizenship Agency

The Trump administration said Thursday that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — the primary government agency that processes green cards and citizenship applications — will soon add armed agents authorized to make arrests.

USCIS reviews applications and interviews immigrants seeking to remain in the United States legally by obtaining green cards, being approved for humanitarian programs, or becoming naturalized citizens.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the move is a huge change for the agency, which has historically been kept separate from immigration enforcement operations.

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