USCIS may Furlough a Portion of its Employees
USCIS is going through a downturn in revenue
The economic crisis caused by the global Coronavirus pandemic is negatively impacting the revenue of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS).
The USCIS is the entity in charge of receiving, reviewing, and responding to all immigration applications in the US.
Most of USCIS’s income comes from the fees that applicants must pay when they want to file an immigration request.
Due to the arrival of the Coronavirus in the US, Green Card applications and other face-to-face services are suspended until June 2020.
This measure helps to protect public health and prevent a massive outbreak of Coronavirus inside USCIS facilities.
Therefore, USCIS is going through a downturn in its revenue and this could affect its employees as well.
The solution USCIS offers
The USCIS asked the Congress for a total amount of $ 1.2 billion to overcome the current revenue downturn.
In this way, employee wages can be guaranteed and USCIS ‘internal resources will be enough to meet the needs of applicants.
Apart from this, USCIS will reopen the offices on June 4, 2020 and will resume all face-to-face services that have been suspended for more than two months.
In this way, USCIS hopes to stabilize its economy again as soon as possible.
What happens if Congress does not help USCIS?
The USCIS officials emphasize that this monetary aid is to overcome the current emergency and the entity needs this support.
If Congress decides not to help with this request, USCIS could furlough a portion of its employees due to the drop in revenue.
The USCIS ensures that it cannot fully cover the salaries of all employees for more than a month due to the economic recession it is going through.
USCIS Deputy Director for Policy openly stated: “Unfortunately, as of now, without congressional intervention, the agency will need to administratively furlough a portion of our employees on approximately July 20”.
The repercussions of suspending a portion of the employees
In light of the global Coronavirus pandemic, immigration procedures and applications are delayed.
Thus, reducing USCIS support staff could have several negative repercussions:
- Employees would have have accumulated work and many pending cases.
- Applicants would have to wait a considerable amount of time before obtaining an answer to their immigration requests.
- Immigrants could face deportation cases for not having legal residence documentation.
Therefore, the best solution is for the Congress to help USCIS to alleviate the revenue downturn it is going through due to the health crisis.
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