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I’m not sure why immigrants, illegal and illegal, are getting any benefits. Those here legally on any sort of visa should be able to pay for their own lives, and those here illegally should be sent packing

Trump administration mandates enhanced security checks for immigration applicants

The Trump administration is subjecting broad categories of immigrants applying for legal immigration benefits to enhanced security checks, and is pausing some cases while the changes are implemented, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News.

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services distributed internal guidance instructing its officers to resubmit pending applications for different immigration benefits, including asylum, green cards and U.S. citizenship, to enhanced FBI background checks, the documents show.

Officers were directed to refrain from approving any pending cases that have not undergone the expanded background checks.

USCIS has long used FBI databases to vet immigration applications for potential national security or public safety concerns. But the documents indicate the enhanced security screenings were prompted by the FBI’s decision to grant USCIS greater access to its criminal history database, as part of an executive order by President Trump in February.

All involved will work to investigate to see if any of them have any criminal actions

“Such criminal actors may include foreign nationals with criminal histories who have entered or remained in the United States in violation of the immigration laws of the United States or who otherwise seek to violate the criminal laws of the United States,” the president said in his order.

The enhanced checks will affect pending applications for benefits for which applicants have to submit fingerprints, such as requests for green cards (permanent U.S. residency) and naturalization, according to the internal guidance. It will also apply to sponsorship petitions filed on behalf of relatives or fiancees of U.S. citizens or green card holders.

Obviously, this makes Democrats very upset. They really do not care if any of them have criminal histories. They certainly do not care if they hate America, if they are going to take advantage of America, if they are Islamic terrorists: they just want to create new voters.