The Senate Has Confirmed Lee Francis Cissna as Director of USCIS

Published: October 5, 2017

Author: Joshua Breisblatt

Topics: News Flash
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The United States Senate confirmed Lee Francis Cissna to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Cissna will oversee the agency in charge of adjudicating and issuing most immigration-related requests into the United States including the Trump administration’s termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In his confirmation hearing, Cissna pledged his commitment to carry out the president’s executive orders on immigration, including thorough reviews of immigration policies and procedures.

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