This excerpt was very interesting by the BCIS director?
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I am very encouraged knowing that my vision for CIS is shared by many people; not just here in this room but across the country, and that includes the White House. As President Bush stressed in his blueprint for reforming America’s immigration system, “This Administration believes that legal immigrants should be greeted with open arms, rather than endless lines. We must be responsive to those who seek to immigrate to this country by legal means, and to those who have emigrated and now seek to become U.S. citizens.”
The President put his words into action by launching a five-year, $500-million initiative aimed at providing high-quality service to all legal immigrants. It incorporates a universal six-month standard for processing all applications for benefits. I am eager to do my part by leading Citizenship and Immigration Services in fulfilling the President’s
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