WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD) raised concerns over the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) blanket pause on the adjudication of immigration applications for foreign nationals from 39 countries and a re-review of cases since January 20, 2021.
In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow, Sens. Warner, Kaine, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks wrote, "We write to express serious concern regarding U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) overbroad and indefinite pauses on completions of immigration and ci...