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Any any one have any info regarding USCIS furlough issue. any update on the funding and if the funding does not approve, how long it might continue.
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No idea but there is an interesting publication and letter from the SENATE here
https://www.appropriations.senate.go...nned-furloughs
07.21.20With A Projected USCIS Surplus, Leahy & Tester Call On The Agency To Postpone Its Planned Furloughs
WASHINGTON (TUESDAY, July 21, 2020) – Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.) Tuesday called on Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Deputy Director For Policy Joseph Edlow to postpone plans to furlough 13,000 USCIS employees after revised revenue estimates show the agency will end the fiscal year with a surplus, not the originally projected $571 million deficit.
Leahy and Tester write: “…despite this welcome reversal in revenue estimates, USCIS has perplexingly chosen to proceed with furloughs of over 13,000 federal employees. During this pandemic with record unemployment, needlessly forcing these hardworking Americans into unemployment will crush the morale of the workforce and put an untold number of families into unnecessary financial distress.”
Needlessly moving forward with the furlough would put thousands of dedicated public servants out of work at a time of record on employment and in the middle of the pandemic. This would have ripple effects on communities across the country. Additionally, thousands of United States Citizens, employers, and students that rely on the work of USCIS, including members of the military, would be impacted by loss of services.
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so furloughs are issued for 30 days or 90 days or will it be for the rest of 2020. ?
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From what I understand, an appropriations bill was filed with the HoR. Nothing on the Senate side, as far as I know. The furloughs were projected to last more than 30 days, but less than 90 days.Comment
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Why the USCIS might want to do that even after the projected surplus.Originally posted by 000000 View PostComment
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Wait if there is a surplus, then why do they have to furlough folks?City: Denver, CO
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Looks like furloughs are now delayed to August 31st. USCIS deleted the previous news informing the public of imminent furloughs from their website
From the St Albans messenger (there are other "news" outlets such as forbes reporting the same)
ST. ALBANS – Scheduled furloughs for 13,000 members of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) staff have been delayed another two pay periods, according to the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D – Vt.
According to an announcement from Leahy spokesperson David Carle, Leahy has “received assurances from the Acting Director of USCIS that furloughs will be delayed for two pay periods, until Aug. 31, and that hopefully they will not be needed at all, if Congress and the President enact a COVID-5 [sic] emergency appropriations bill for the next fiscal year that addresses USCIS’s budget shortfall.”
and from the SENATE
Leahy Announces That USCIS Is Postponing Furloughs Of 13,000 Public Servants
(FRIDAY, July 24, 2019) – Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Friday announced the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agreed to postpone its scheduled furlough of more than 13,000 public servants through Aug. 31. The action affects 1,109 Vermonters who earlier had received furlough notices effective Aug. 3.
The announcement came after Leahy pressed the organization to reverse course on its intended furloughs after he made public the fact that new revenue estimates showed the agency ending the fiscal year in a surplus, and not the previously projected $571 million deficit. USCIS Deputy Director of Policy Joseph Edlow gave the assurances to Leahy that the furloughs would be delayed on Friday morning by phone.
Leahy said: “Furloughing thousands of public servants in the middle of a pandemic and at record unemployment would have upended the lives of the dedicated women and men working at USCIS and impacted thousands who rely on their services, and after new revenue estimates showed the agency ending the fiscal year with a surplus it was completely unjustifiable. I’m glad the agency decided to change course for now, but I remain troubled the Trump Administration was pushing for these furloughs in the first place. As Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I am working to ensure these dedicated women and men stay on the job to help those chasing the American Dream. With regard to the projected USCIS deficit for fiscal year 2021, I am committed to addressing this issue in the next coronavirus supplemental so that USCIS can continue accomplishing its missions without a furlough.”
The announcement follows weeks of Leahy pressing the administration to reverse course, including making public on Monday the fact that the agency would end the fiscal year in a surplus. The USCIS administers the country’s naturalization and immigration system, helping thousands of people become American citizens each year and providing humanitarian protections to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers.
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