Transcript of 1. USCIS Mission Secure America’s promise as a nation of immigrants provide accurate, useful...
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- USCIS Mission Secure Americas promise as a nation of immigrants
provide accurate, useful information to customers grant immigration
benefits promote an awareness of citizenship ensure the integrity
of our immigration system 2 USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez
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- USCIS Overview USCIS has 84 field offices in the United States.
We administer the Immigration and Nationality Act within the United
States. USCIS employees have no arrest authority. We are the only
customer service agency within DHS. 3
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- Provide Information to Customers USCIS sees 9,500 customers to
answer questions, provide forms & resolve problems USCIS
toll-free call center takes 44,000 calls www.uscis.gov receives
250,000 hitswww.uscis.gov 4
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- Grant Immigration Benefits USCIS conducts interviews for green
cards, citizenship, and other immigration benefits USCIS welcomes
3,200 new citizens and 2,400 new permanent residents Five Service
Centers decide cases where a face-to-face interview is not required
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- Promote Awareness of Citizenship 6 USCIS produces educational
materials and hosts hundreds of outreach events each year to help
immigrants assimilate and prepare for U.S. citizenship Civics Flash
Cards Quick Civics Lessons
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- Ensure Integrity of Immigration System USCIS conducts 148,000
national security background checks 129 Application Support Centers
perform 15,000 fingerprint checks 7
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- USCIS Website 8 www.uscis.gov
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- Citizenship Resource Center 9 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 10 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 11 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 12 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 13 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 14 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 15 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 16 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Resource Center 17 www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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- Citizenship Corners 18 Mid-Valley Regional Library, Los Angeles
Hyde Park Branch Library, Los Angeles
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- Citizenship on the Web 19
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- Naturalization Ceremonies 20 Seattle Public Library Bothell
Public Library Multnomah County Library Library of Congress
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- 21 Multilingual Resources www.uscis.gov/multilingual
www.uscis.gov/es
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- 22 Avoid Scams Resource Center www.uscis.gov/avoidscams
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- 23 History and Genealogy www.uscis.gov/historyandgenealogy
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- 24 National and Local Outreach www.uscis.gov/outreach
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- 25 Office of Immigration Statistics
www.dhs.gov/immigrationstatistics
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- What we can offer you Tailored immigration training for
librarians Materials to support a Citizenship Corner in your
library Joint public events at local libraries Dissemination of
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- Contacts Locate your local community relations officer at:
http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/organizations/libraries
Christine.A.Pool@uscis.dhs.gov Public.Engagement@uscis.dhs.gov
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