On Tuesday, USCIS cancelled its plan to furlough 70% of its workforce. However, since USCIS is still low on funding, the savings will now come from spending cuts that will affect operations. The deputy director of policy for USCIS said that the agency was avoiding these cuts, but since it has not received emergency funding from Congress, it is now “forced to implement severe cost-cutting measures.”

– Weekly Immigration Briefing by Olivia Hester, Immigration Law Analyst at Docketwise

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