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USCIS Mission
• Secure America’s 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
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.
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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
“hits”
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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
• USCIS produces educational
materials and hosts hundreds of
outreach events each year to
help immigrants assimilate and
prepare for U.S. citizenship
Quick Civics Lessons
Civics Flash Cards
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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
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USCIS Website
www.uscis.gov
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/citizenship
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Citizenship Corners
Hyde Park Branch Library, Los Angeles
Mid-Valley Regional Library, Los Angeles
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Citizenship on the Web
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Naturalization Ceremonies
Seattle Public Library
Library of Congress
Multnomah County Library
Bothell Public Library
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Multilingual Resources
www.uscis.gov/es
www.uscis.gov/multilingual
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Avoid Scams Resource Center
www.uscis.gov/avoidscams
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History and Genealogy
www.uscis.gov/historyandgenealogy
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National and Local Outreach
www.uscis.gov/outreach
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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 public
education materials
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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
• Office.of.Citizenship@uscis.dhs.gov
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