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USCIS security check halts processing for over 12 million immigration cases
source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services -> target: Immigration benefit applicants
On 2026-04-30, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services implemented a new FBI security verification step that required resubmission of fingerprints for pending immigration benefit cases. According to the article, officials were told to refrain from approving cases that had not undergone the expanded background checks, halting adjudications for about 12 million applications.
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Washington, D.C.District of ColumbiaNorth AmericaUnited StatesNorth America38.895, -77.036
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