The USCIS Budget Crisis and Its Potential Impact on the U.S. Immigration System

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently cancelled its plan to furlough over two-thirds, or 13,400 of its 20,000 employees. The furlough was expected to cause USCIS to all but stop processing immigration benefits, creating a crisis for the U.S. immigration system.  While this is welcome news, USCIS has also announced that it will be …