unfortuna unfortunately, what we've been hearing for years from sources at uscis and even the uscis union is the existence of culture getting to question. yes. unrelentless adjudicators who are routinely overwithin that they deny applications or petitions. there are documented instances of employees at leadership at uscis taking control of applications or petitions that have been brought to their attention by immigration lawyers or other outside forces. and i understand that there are ongoing investigations of such illegitimate interference in the adjudication process. the very notion that an application can be approved, despite fraud on the part of the applicant, and that uscis leadership will intervene if they get a call or e-mail from an outside party interested in a certain visa application is disturbing, to say the least. we know that the president has promised more administrative action to allow unlawful immigrants to remain in the united states and receive quasilegal status and the right to work. in fact, some of the different tactics he may try to take were even outlined in a set

as the director of uscis. your appearance comes at a time when americans are feeling the repercussions of the illegal immigration crisis on the southwest/u.s. border. of course, if president obama took seriously his duty to secure the u.s. border there would be no such crisis. u.s. customs and border protection is the dhs agency getting most of the attention during this southwest border crisis. there is no doubt that policies implemented by uscis is a major source of the problem. policies such as deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca, a rubber stamping of credible fear of persecution claims and even high asylum -- higher asylum grant rates by uscis officers. daca is a major reason for the influx of illegal immigrants to the united states. and discussion of the program is pertinent since uscis recently announced the method by which the renewal of initial two-year grants will be processed, and along with that procedure uscis made changes to the original daca guidelines and requirements, including guttin

with the way that we're conducting our research and also with the way that the data is collected by uscis. because a lot of people may be using a provider but that may not be recorded on the applications. that's a first order question. then the second question which gets to yours, anna, is how likely is it that people are moving forward, etc., easier and how does it affect the pattern of outcomes that we see? it's pretty likely those came in first and went out first. and it's pretty likely that hose case are still coming in. but i think in the beginning they were the daca ready situation i referred to but i think the adjudication process on the other end probably works in a similar rhythm. so that's the best answer i can give you at this point. >> thanks. >> madly sbotny from madeleine scott college. i'm interested in hearing from all of you what do we know about the localities about the effects of daca on recipients going back to school or entering the labor market or changes in their labor market outcomes, what do we know so far? >> i'll say something. so anecdotal evidence, just the yo

i am pleased to see colleagues uscis here today. i wanted to acknowledge there has been a lot of immigration in the news as of late, particularly around two issues. one, the ongoing crisis with the children coming to the southwest border, many without their families. this is not our focus today. these individuals are not able to qualify for daca. the second pertains to, now having gone on summer recess, the congress has not sent the president an immigration bill with reforms he would like, and as he stated earlier this summer, that he intends to take executive action within existing laws to fix as much as we can. the administration's approach in daca, they deferred action for childhood arrivals process, is thought by many people to be a model program the president may be considering for possible changes or expansion. pew does not take a position on any current or proposed immigration related legislation or policy proposals. the nexus for our project is to examine federal programs such as daca to highlight the role of states and loca

i am pleased to see colleagues from dhs and uscis here today. i wanted to acknowledge there has been a lot of immigration in the news as of late, particularly around two issues. one, the ongoing crisis with the children coming to the southwest border, many without their families. this is not our focus today. these individuals are not able to qualify for daca. the second pertains to, now having gone on summer recess, the congress has not sent the president an immigration bill with reforms he would like, and as he stated earlier this summer, that he intends to take executive action within existing laws to fix as much as we can. the administration's approach in creating daca, they deferred action for childhood arrivals process, is thought by many people to be a model program the president may be considering for possible changes or expansion. pew does not take a position on any current or proposed immigration related legislation or policy proposals. the nexus for our project is to examine federal programs such as daca to highlight the role of states

uscis, united states citizenship and immigration services.the department of justice also plays a role. justice housesof the immigration court system. the department of labor plays a role in some types of immigration, benefit applications, and the department of state and a role in issuing visas outside of the u.s. or permission for individuals to travel to the united states. when we think about the executive branch in terms of immigration law, those are the main players in terms of the federal agencies. now, the nature and the scope of executive power over immigration law has been in the news recently and i will just give you two quick examples. one is the fairly recent program called daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals which the government issues a promise not to deport foreign nationals who meet the eligibility requirements. it does not grant legal status but it is a promise not to deport for a certain time. the second big example is literally going on right now. we have heard messages from president obama's administration that he i