Mumbai: The US Senate has confirmed your nomination Mendoza Jaddou as Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
He was the first woman to head the US government immigration agent.
In April, US President Joe Biden had announced his intention to nominate it for this leadership post.
The Senate, on Friday, confirmed his appointment with a voice of 47-34.
According to the biography provided by the White House, he is immigrant daughter, a mother of Mexico and an Iraqi father.
He was born and grew up in California and held the Masters degree from Stanford and a law degree from the UCLA law school.
He has two decades of experience in the law of immigration, policy and administration, which includes previous assignments with USCIS.
Previously, Jaddou was the main advisor for the citizenship and US immigration services (USCIS) in the Security Department of Homeland (DHS) from June 2014 to January 2017.
The process of USCIS officials and a test visa, including a popular work visa.
for Indians especially from the technology sector; They process and issue employment authorization documents (EAD), approve the application of green and citizenship cards, to mention several functions.
Lately, USCIS has come for a lot of flak for processing various visa applications and H-4 H-4.
At the hearing of the nomination, before the Senate Justice Committee he had mentioned his goals, if elected, “in the heart of the immigration system that functions is an agent who effectively processed immigration and naturalized applications under the law, such as my family and so many others.
This means that USCIS Must process the application fairly, efficiently, and in a humane manner; accessible, transparent and accountable; and maintain system integrity and ensure the security of the nation.
“Referring to the financial crisis faced by USCI, he has added,” My most direct responsibility If confirmed, it will restore the agency to tighten solvency, decide dramatically increasing processing and backlog time and utilizing the 21st century tool.
” Hope from him among the highly managed Indian diaspora, including taking steps to ensure rather than 100,000 green-based work cards that are not wasted, but allocated in time.
David Bier, a research colleague at the Cato Institute has shown that if this work-based slot is not used on September 30 (which is the end of the fiscal year), this will be lost forever.
In his official statement, Alejandro N.
Mayors, Secretary of the country, stated, “It is my honor to congratulate Jaddou on confirmation as Director of USCIS.
You have two decades of experience in the law of immigration, policy, and administration.
He will manage the system The immigration of our nation is fair and fair.
As a daughter of hard-working immigrants, you understand how immigrant families enrich our country and the challenges they face.
I want to thank the United States Senate to confirm ur.
I hope to work with him to rebuild and Restore trust in our immigration system.
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