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Amnesty Opposition Grows
Union representing immigration officials opposes immigration reform
AP
BY: Alana Goodman
May 20, 2013 12:01 am
The union representing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials
will officially oppose the proposed Senate immigration reform legislation on
Monday, according to an advance statement obtained by the Washington Free
Beacon.
The National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council (USCIS Council)
says the legislation fails to address its top concerns about the current
system, including the pressure on USCIS officers to approve visa
applications without thorough review and the bureaucratic barricades that
prevent them from coordinating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
officials.
Sources say it is highly unusual for the USCIS Council to weigh in publicly
on legislation.
The USCIS Council, whose members would play a key role in implementing the
proposed immigration law, will be the second of three government immigration
services union to oppose the so-called Gang of Eight’s immigration bill.
The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Council, which represents ICE
officials, has also been a vocal critic of the legislation.
The USCIS is in charge of processing residency and visa applications, and
would be responsible for handling the millions of legalization applications
that would come before the agency should the Gang of Eight legislation
become law.
“Like the ICE Council, the USCIS Council was not consulted in the crafting
of the Gang of Eight’s legislation,” wrote USCIS Council president Kenneth
Palinkas in a statement. “Instead, the legislation was written with
special interests—producing a bill that makes the current system worse, not
better. S. 744 will damage public safety and national security and should
be opposed by lawmakers.”
“The legislation will provide legal status to millions of visa overstays
while failing to provide for necessary in-person interviews,” said Palinkas
“We need immigration reform that works. This legislation, sadly, will not.”
The USCIS Council said it would add its name to a May 14 letter to Congress
organized by the ICE Council.
The letter, which has been signed by 44 law enforcement officials and
sheriffs associations across the country, argues that the proposal “fails
to meet the needs of the law enforcement community and would, in fact, be a
significant barrier to the creation of a safe and lawful system of
immigration.”
Republican supporters of the bill say it will help strengthen the current
immigration enforcement process. One GOP congressional aide said the growing
opposition from immigration enforcement unions undercuts that argument.
“This just furthers my impression that the Democrats wrote the bill and the
Republicans wrote the talking points,” said the aide.
The Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the legislation will continue on
Monday, and is expected to wrap up later this week. |
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