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FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) revealed new figures detailing the results of the Trump’s administration’s first 12 months of cracking down on unlawful immigration and eradicating legal migrants from the nation.
The company, which handles lawful immigration beneath the umbrella of Secretary Kristi Noem’s Division of Homeland Safety, instructed Fox Information Digital that since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, USCIS has referred greater than 14,000 immigration circumstances to ICE for nationwide safety and fraud issues, with 182 being confirmed or suspected to be nationwide safety dangers.
USCIS additionally instructed Fox that the company’s Fraud Detection and Nationwide Safety Directorate (FDNS) accomplished 19,300 fraud circumstances and recognized fraud in roughly 65% of reviewed circumstances. Moreover, FDNS accomplished greater than 6,500 web site visits and performed 19,500 social media checks for potential immigrants’ on-line posts.
“USCIS has taken an ‘America First’ strategy, restoring order, safety, integrity, and accountability to America’s immigration system, guaranteeing that it serves the nation’s pursuits and protects and prioritizes People over overseas nationals,” USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow instructed Fox Information Digital in a press release.
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USCIS says the Trump administration’s first 12 months noticed a sweeping immigration crackdown, together with 14,000 ICE referrals, report removals, and widespread fraud detection. (Photograph by Anna Cash maker/Getty Photos / Photograph by Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Photos)
Edlow’s company issued a record-breaking 196,000 Notices to Seem (NTAs) to place migrants into elimination proceedings.
Greater than 2,400 arrests have been made at USCIS discipline workplaces beneath the Trump administration’s watch.
USCIS additionally famous steps taken to mitigate immigration issues amid safety threats. After an Afghan nationwide was accused of killing a Nationwide Guard member, Military Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, and severely injured Air Pressure Employees Sgt. Andrew Wolfe throughout an assault in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 26, the company froze asylum processing for all nations and launched a re-examination of each inexperienced card for high-risk nations.
USCIS additionally tightened vetting and citizenship requirements whereas boosting enforcement, arrests, and hiring to prioritize nationwide safety and People first. (Jason Ardan/Residents’ Voice by way of Getty Photos)
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In September, the highest immigrant vetting wing of DHS strengthened the citizenship check, elevating the whole variety of questions from 100 to 128, and rising the variety of questions on every particular person check from 10 to twenty. The qualifying passing rating was modified from 6 appropriate solutions to 12 appropriate solutions.
USCIS additionally matched the Division of Homeland Safety hiring marketing campaign to recruit extra People to develop into immigration officers. In early November, Fox Information Digital reported that greater than 200,000 people utilized to be ICE officers, and USCIS instructed Fox greater than 50,000 people have utilized to develop into “homeland defenders,” beforehand titled immigration providers officers.
Greater than 50,000 People utilized to be Homeland Defenders as USCIS expands its capabilities and cracks down on migrant fraud. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Photos)
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Homeland defenders are accountable for figuring out whether or not authorized migrants are eligible for inexperienced playing cards, prolonged visas or citizenship.
The company’s actions are reflective of a marketing campaign promise made by Trump to rein in what he referred to as former President Joe Biden’s “flawed immigration insurance policies” throughout his deal with to the nation final week.
“In lower than a 12 months, President Trump has delivered among the most historic and consequential achievements in presidential historical past—and this Administration is simply getting began,” Division of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem stated in a press release over the weekend.
“In record-time we’ve secured the border, taken the battle to cartels, and arrested 1000’s upon 1000’s of legal unlawful aliens,” Noem added. “Although 2025 was historic, we gained’t relaxation till the job is completed.”
Preston Mizell is a author with Fox Information. Story ideas could be despatched to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
