I sort of blipped on this one when I first saw it, but fortunately a post at Mock Paper Scissors reminded me. From The Intercept, which first reported the story:
My first question, in reaction to the new statement, is "Just whose values? Trump's?"
And then "securing the homeland"? Don't you mean "Vaterland"?
And of course -- stop me if you've heard this -- when it comes right down to it, the only place that people are really native to is East Africa. So basically, we're all descended from immigrants.
The lead U.S. agency tasked with granting citizenship to would-be Americans is making a major change to its mission statement, removing a passage that describes the United States as a nation of immigrants. In an email sent to staff members Thursday and shared with The Intercept, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna announced the agency’s new mission statement.
It reads:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the nation’s lawful immigration system, safeguarding its integrity and promise by efficiently and fairly adjudicating requests for immigration benefits while protecting Americans, securing the homeland, and honoring our values.
USCIS’s previous mission statement, still available on the agency’s website Thursday, read:
USCIS secures America’s promise as a nation of immigrants by providing accurate and useful information to our customers, granting immigration and citizenship benefits, promoting an awareness and understanding of citizenship, and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system.
My first question, in reaction to the new statement, is "Just whose values? Trump's?"
And then "securing the homeland"? Don't you mean "Vaterland"?
And of course -- stop me if you've heard this -- when it comes right down to it, the only place that people are really native to is East Africa. So basically, we're all descended from immigrants.
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