USCIS needs to examine the Green card procedure to balance effectiveness and security

United States citizenship and immigration services are now forced up with 140,000 pending green card applications, due to new fee structure. To deal with the backlog of applications, USCIS has decided to provide green card to all those staying in US legally, without any FBI background checks. The new rule will able to perk up the status and lives of respectable immigrants, only if the skipping of these FBI checks does not add any threat to national security. At present immigrants applying for green card are asked to undertake three major security and background checks, these are consolidated federal law enforcement databases, fingerprint databases and name checks or federal investigative files. Once the new rule takes on, all the applications pending for 180 days and above will get a sanction on clearing the checks other than name check, later if the name check of FBI investigative process offers any unlawful information on the applicant the green card holder could be arrested or deported. Whereas, United States citizenship and immigration services are confident of the rule's ability to offer convenience to the applicants, also USCIS argue that the rule would not interfere in national security, as it implies only on green card applicants residing in US. USCIS also counters the chances of precarious people receiving green card, as according to anecdotal evidence name checks usually does not bring up any dangerous information. But due to lack of statistics of illegal individuals being caught up by name check, the authorities aren't sure of any feasible risk offered by the new rule. Immigrant advocacy group as already questioned the importance of making every green card to undergo name check. When asked on the new rule Bill Carter, FBI spokesperson, has been found stating "our position is that we have no position". FBI needs to investigate how effective this name check will be for preventing any threat to national security. USCIS and officials must asses the importance of the name and the information offered by it.

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