Concerns rise over U.S. plan to close all overseas immigration offices

Last week, the Trump administration announced the possible closing of immigration services offices outside the United States, saying it is expected to save millions of dollars annually and could better address a backlog in domestic locations.  Specifically, a  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman said that the agency is in preliminary discussions to close offices in 20 countries outside the United States.

Nicole Acevedo, Carmen Sesin and Reuters for NBC News reports that Immigration advocates and attorneys are concerned that the Trump administration is “creating a bigger catastrophe” if it follows through with plans to permanently close the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  “This is going to affect refugees, military servicemen applying for citizenship, the family reunification program,” an immigration attorney based in Miami, told NBC News.

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