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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Establishes New Center to Strengthen Immigration Screening and Target Bad Actors

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USCIS has created a new specialized screening unit designed to identify and exclude terrorists, criminals, and fraudsters from the immigration system. The center will enhance security vetting across various immigration benefit applications and admission processes. This is part of broader efforts to strengthen background checks and fraud detection in immigration processing.
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Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the establishment of a specialized unit to strengthen the ability of America’s immigration system to screen out terrorists, criminal aliens, and other foreign nationals who pose potential threats to public safety or who have committed fraud or other crimes.

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