Trump restores immigration policy for neighborhood citizenship controls

The Trump administration restores a immigration Policy which was used for the last time under the mandate of former president George HW Bush to conduct neighborhood surveys related to immigrants who request American naturalization, according to a police note published Tuesday by the American citizenship and immigration services.

“The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) take up personal surveys on naturalization foreigners in accordance with article 335 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act” Memo, dated August 22 But released publicly on Tuesday, said.

The 1965 immigration and nationality law abolished immigration quotas and defended the “those who can contribute most to this country – to its growth, to its strength, to its mind”, according to the remarks of President Lyndon B. Johnson at the time of it by signing the act.

Revitalization by the administration of personal surveys, also called “neighborhood checks”, will include American citizenship and immigration services asking information from immigrants looking for naturalization, such as “letters of testimonies from neighbors, employers, colleagues and commercial partners who know the foreigner and can provide substantial information on extraterrestrials, including one naturalization ”.

American citizenship and immigration services are a office of the ministry of Internal securityThe umbrella which oversees the legal treatment of the country’s immigration.

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The Trump administration restores an immigration policy to conduct neighborhood investigations related to foreigners who ask for American naturalization. (Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images)

The memorandum said that citizenship and immigration services in the United States “generally renounce the requirements for neighborhood surveys” under the 1965 law and had historically supported themselves rather on checks of the FBI history to determine “the good moral nature and the eligibility of a candidate for naturalization”.

Personal surveys will now include the interview with the neighbors of a naturalization seeker and the history of employment which dates back at least five years before a person requests naturalization, according to memo. The checks are to ensure “a meticulous examination of the residence of a foreigner, a good moral character, the attachment to the American Constitution and the disposition to the good order and the happiness of the United States”.

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Such investigations were carried out last time in 1991 during Bush’s first mandate, according to the memo. Similar surveys were carried out on immigrants requesting naturalization in 1802, added the memo.

President Donald Trump’s administration has repressed illegal immigration since his first day of power in January. (Alex Brandon / The Associated Press)

“From 1802 to 1981, naturalization petitioners had to present two witnesses who could testify to their qualifications for citizenship,” said the memo. “In 1981, the congress eliminated the requirement of witnesses, a change justified partly by the fact that the character of a petitioner could be better determined by an investigation, including a neighborhood investigation, if necessary.

“However, in 1991, the former immigration and naturalization service had mainly ceased to conduct neighborhood investigations.”

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The United States citizenship and immigration services have celebrated the return of personal surveys.

Joseph Edlow, director of American citizenship and immigration services, said in the comments provided to Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the office “endeavors to ensure that only the most qualified candidates receive American citizenship”.

Citizenship and immigration services in the United States are an office of the UNDURDER of the Ministry of Internal Security which oversees the legal treatment of immigration in the country. (Mark Schiefelbein / The Associated Press)

“The Immigration and Nationality Act orders the USCIS to conduct personal surveys, and the integration of neighborhood surveys will help improve these legally required surveys to guarantee that we are meeting the intention of the congress,” he continued. “Americans should be comforted knowing that USCIS takes responsibility for ensuring that foreigners are properly verified and have a good moral character, attached to the principles of the United States Constitution and well arranged to the good order and the happiness of the United States.”

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This decision is the last of the Trump administration’s repression against illegal immigration which has opened under the Biden administration.

Democrats have been expressed more and more against immigration policies of the Trump administration, slamming its mass deportation efforts while accelerating visits to detention centers to draw attention to the facilities, The Associated Press reported.

“Transparency counts.” You can certainly expect to see the democratic members of the Colorado Chamber Delegation continue to rely on all fronts. “