U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow warned Thursday on Newsmax’s “The Chris Salcedo Show” that the ongoing government shutdown is jeopardizing national security and emboldening cities that defy federal immigration law.
“I think ultimately what we’re seeing right now, this lapse in funding, is putting America at risk,” Edlow said. Despite USCIS maintaining its own revenue stream through application fees, he stressed that the broader freeze on federal operations undermines coordination between immigration, border, and law enforcement agencies.
“While USCIS still continues to have its resources, we’re going to use those resources to do everything that we can to declare war on fraud, to declare war on public safety threats, and ultimately on national security threats,” he continued.
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