junior_member
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Because now they are processing the plastic cards and in next 2 weeks CSC will start AOS process.
JM
JM
I found why the DELAY is
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junior_member
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a$$ of snail.... snail is slower and it's a$$ requires longer time to cross the line
junior_member
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Another name is
Another name INS/BCIS given is Adjudication of Status
Another name INS/BCIS given is Adjudication of Status
junior_member
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lot of posts
There were lot of posts about receiving the plastic cards. After all excuses INS is going to show this excuse.
There were lot of posts about receiving the plastic cards. After all excuses INS is going to show this excuse.
The real answer is: NO immigrants needed!
Here's what I saw on www.immigration-law.com today:
DHS Bureaus Allocations:
BICE(Immigration & Customs Enforce): $170,000,000
BCBP(Customs & Border Protection): $333,000,000
BCIS(Citizenship & Imm. Services): $3,000,000
Just from these figures (3 million vs 500 million), you get the sense on what they are going to do:
-. Kick (illegal) people out of the country
-. Tighten (or even close) the doors
They didn't see the urgency for improving immigration services!
Here's what I saw on www.immigration-law.com today:
DHS Bureaus Allocations:
BICE(Immigration & Customs Enforce): $170,000,000
BCBP(Customs & Border Protection): $333,000,000
BCIS(Citizenship & Imm. Services): $3,000,000
Just from these figures (3 million vs 500 million), you get the sense on what they are going to do:
-. Kick (illegal) people out of the country
-. Tighten (or even close) the doors
They didn't see the urgency for improving immigration services!
140_takes_4ever
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Tabloid Heading?
junior_member,
That was such a tabloid heading to this thread, I actually thought it had some substance to it instead of mere BS! FYI the issual of plastic cards is not done by the INS/BCIS per se, instead it is farmed out to sub contractors.
It is okay to post opinions, but wild flights of fancy and rumors push the envelope just a mite too much.
junior_member,
That was such a tabloid heading to this thread, I actually thought it had some substance to it instead of mere BS! FYI the issual of plastic cards is not done by the INS/BCIS per se, instead it is farmed out to sub contractors.
It is okay to post opinions, but wild flights of fancy and rumors push the envelope just a mite too much.
justchecking
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Re: The real answer is: NO immigrants needed!
Makes a lot of sense, if after eating tons of tax money
in 6 years on a h1B, all they do is allocate 3 million for bcis
and have already spend 20 billions on a fake war, need
we say more ?
-jc
Originally posted by GC012002
Here's what I saw on www.immigration-law.com today:
DHS Bureaus Allocations:
BICE(Immigration & Customs Enforce): $170,000,000
BCBP(Customs & Border Protection): $333,000,000
BCIS(Citizenship & Imm. Services): $3,000,000
Just from these figures (3 million vs 500 million), you get the sense on what they are going to do:
-. Kick (illegal) people out of the country
-. Tighten (or even close) the doors
They didn't see the urgency for improving immigration services!
Makes a lot of sense, if after eating tons of tax money
in 6 years on a h1B, all they do is allocate 3 million for bcis
and have already spend 20 billions on a fake war, need
we say more ?
-jc
littletiger
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Immigration Funding Details Murky in FY 2004 Budget Proposal
President Bush on February 3 submitted his FY 2004 budget proposal that includes funding for the new Department of Homeland Security. This submission begins the budget process for FY 2004. This process has not worked well or predictably in recent years, with the FY 2003 budget signifying the difficulties now inherent in the process. It now is the job of the House and Senate Appropriation Committees to introduce their FY 2004 bills in Congress. (The FY 2003 fiscal year began last October and will end with FY 2004 officially beginning on October 1, 2003.)
It is difficult to determine the funding levels this proposed budget allocates to immigration because of the lack of specificity in funding allocations and the fact that this is the first budget that combines 22 agencies within the new department. It is thus unclear whether immigration is adequately funded, or how the budget proposal overview, which contains specific figures for immigration applications backlog reduction and the new entry-exit system, meshes with the actual line item proposals.
The FY 2004 budget proposal reflects how our immigration functions are organized within the Homeland Security Department. The budget is divided between three bureaus: the Bureau of Customs and Border Protections, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The budget authorities for those departments are listed below:
Bureau of Customs and Border Protections. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protections deals with immigration enforcement and related functions at the borders and ports of entry. The proposed budget authority for this bureau, which consists of about 42,000 former INS inspectors, Border Patrol agents, and Customs and Agricultural inspectors, is $6.7 billion, with $5.64 billion of the budget being directly appropriated as discretionary funds and about $1 billion coming from immigration fees and fines.
While this bureau will include the entry-exit system, the budget proposal does not specify the amount of funding dedicated to developing the system. Yet the accompanying text to the budget states that $1.1 billion of the bureau’s $5.6 billion discretionary funding will be dedicated to certain initiatives, including the entry-exit system, and the budget “highlights” note that $480 million is earmarked for entry-exit, in comparison to $362 million in the FY 2003 omnibus bill. Even if the $480 million is correct, preliminary assessments indicate that this figure would be woefully short of the billions of dollars needed to develop a functional and efficient entry-exit system. In fact, the INS’s own workforce analysis model indicates that the agency currently needs 3,500 new inspectors and $424 million to properly staff inspector positions at ports of entry. This figure does not take into account the extremely high rate of attrition among INS personnel or the extra personnel needed to man the entry-exit system. Other funding demands include the acquisition of appropriate technology for document readers, the development of facilities at the ports of entry and infrastructure for the dedicated commuter lanes, and conversion of existing roadways into dedicated commuter lanes. The estimated cost of conversion of one lane is $760,000 to $800,000.
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responsible for handling the interior enforcement of immigration and customs laws. The Administration’s proposed budget allocates to this 14,000-employee bureau $2.78 billion to carry out its functions that include locating, detaining, and deporting undocumented aliens, monitoring foreign students, and investigating alien smuggling. This limited budget authority is of concern given the extent to which the INS relied in the past on local prisons to house detained aliens.
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services is responsible for processing petitions for immigration benefits and naturalization applications. The proposed budget authority for this bureau is $1.8 billion. This total is made up of direct appropriations of $235 million (less than the amount directly appropriated in fiscal year 2002) and $1.56 billion in anticipated funding from immigration application and examination fees.
In its budget “highlights,” the Administration notes that the FY 2004 proposal would continue the President’s five-year, $500 million commitment to reduce processing backlogs and establish a universal six-month processing time for all immigration applications. However, this budget includes no details on this funding. (In the FY 02 budget proposal, the $100 million for backlog reduction included only $45 million in newly appropriated funding.) It is thus unclear if the Administration’s budget funds backlog reduction by direct Congressional appropriations or through user fees.
Other Notable Areas: The FY 2004 budget proposal includes $736 million for the State Department to collect and process biometric data at visa centers (as mandated by the Border Security Bill); and $195 million for the Executive Office for Immigration Review within the Department of Justice.
President Bush on February 3 submitted his FY 2004 budget proposal that includes funding for the new Department of Homeland Security. This submission begins the budget process for FY 2004. This process has not worked well or predictably in recent years, with the FY 2003 budget signifying the difficulties now inherent in the process. It now is the job of the House and Senate Appropriation Committees to introduce their FY 2004 bills in Congress. (The FY 2003 fiscal year began last October and will end with FY 2004 officially beginning on October 1, 2003.)
It is difficult to determine the funding levels this proposed budget allocates to immigration because of the lack of specificity in funding allocations and the fact that this is the first budget that combines 22 agencies within the new department. It is thus unclear whether immigration is adequately funded, or how the budget proposal overview, which contains specific figures for immigration applications backlog reduction and the new entry-exit system, meshes with the actual line item proposals.
The FY 2004 budget proposal reflects how our immigration functions are organized within the Homeland Security Department. The budget is divided between three bureaus: the Bureau of Customs and Border Protections, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The budget authorities for those departments are listed below:
Bureau of Customs and Border Protections. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protections deals with immigration enforcement and related functions at the borders and ports of entry. The proposed budget authority for this bureau, which consists of about 42,000 former INS inspectors, Border Patrol agents, and Customs and Agricultural inspectors, is $6.7 billion, with $5.64 billion of the budget being directly appropriated as discretionary funds and about $1 billion coming from immigration fees and fines.
While this bureau will include the entry-exit system, the budget proposal does not specify the amount of funding dedicated to developing the system. Yet the accompanying text to the budget states that $1.1 billion of the bureau’s $5.6 billion discretionary funding will be dedicated to certain initiatives, including the entry-exit system, and the budget “highlights” note that $480 million is earmarked for entry-exit, in comparison to $362 million in the FY 2003 omnibus bill. Even if the $480 million is correct, preliminary assessments indicate that this figure would be woefully short of the billions of dollars needed to develop a functional and efficient entry-exit system. In fact, the INS’s own workforce analysis model indicates that the agency currently needs 3,500 new inspectors and $424 million to properly staff inspector positions at ports of entry. This figure does not take into account the extremely high rate of attrition among INS personnel or the extra personnel needed to man the entry-exit system. Other funding demands include the acquisition of appropriate technology for document readers, the development of facilities at the ports of entry and infrastructure for the dedicated commuter lanes, and conversion of existing roadways into dedicated commuter lanes. The estimated cost of conversion of one lane is $760,000 to $800,000.
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responsible for handling the interior enforcement of immigration and customs laws. The Administration’s proposed budget allocates to this 14,000-employee bureau $2.78 billion to carry out its functions that include locating, detaining, and deporting undocumented aliens, monitoring foreign students, and investigating alien smuggling. This limited budget authority is of concern given the extent to which the INS relied in the past on local prisons to house detained aliens.
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services is responsible for processing petitions for immigration benefits and naturalization applications. The proposed budget authority for this bureau is $1.8 billion. This total is made up of direct appropriations of $235 million (less than the amount directly appropriated in fiscal year 2002) and $1.56 billion in anticipated funding from immigration application and examination fees.
In its budget “highlights,” the Administration notes that the FY 2004 proposal would continue the President’s five-year, $500 million commitment to reduce processing backlogs and establish a universal six-month processing time for all immigration applications. However, this budget includes no details on this funding. (In the FY 02 budget proposal, the $100 million for backlog reduction included only $45 million in newly appropriated funding.) It is thus unclear if the Administration’s budget funds backlog reduction by direct Congressional appropriations or through user fees.
Other Notable Areas: The FY 2004 budget proposal includes $736 million for the State Department to collect and process biometric data at visa centers (as mandated by the Border Security Bill); and $195 million for the Executive Office for Immigration Review within the Department of Justice.
justchecking
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In school they never asked you to summarize anything ?
-jc
littletiger
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Hi justchecking,
Would you please be nice? No one forces you to read. This is a country with free choices!!!
Would you please be nice? No one forces you to read. This is a country with free choices!!!