The US Immigration Bureau officially issued a document: The United States is no longer an immigrant country.

On February 22nd, USCIS suddenly released a new "mission statement". In the new statement, USCIS Immigration Service no longer mentioned that "the United States is an immigrant country". What is the specific situation? Get to know me together.

But to protect the security of Americans and the country and respect American values. And no longer use "customer" to locate the applicant, cancel the expression of "customer" and change the service attitude.

It is reported that the new work guidance declaration has been "effective immediately" and the US immigration policy has officially turned.

On the afternoon of Thursday, February 22nd, L. Francis Cissna, Director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service, announced the new mission statement of the service in an email to all employees.

The new version writes:

Citizenship and Immigration Services manages the country's legal immigration system, and maintains its integrity and commitment by effectively and fairly adjudicating immigration welfare applications, while protecting Americans, ensuring homeland security and respecting our values.

USCIS is responsible for managing the legal immigration system in the United States, effectively and fairly adjudicating immigration applications, protecting Americans, ensuring American security, making immigrants respect American values, and maintaining the integrity of the legal immigration system.

The old version is as follows:

By providing accurate and useful information to our customers, USCIS grants immigration and citizenship benefits, promotes the awareness and understanding of citizenship, and ensures the integrity of our immigration system and the commitment of the United States as an immigrant country.

USCIS promises that the United States is an immigrant country, providing accurate and effective information to applicants, approving immigration and citizenship applications, promoting immigrants' understanding of naturalization, and ensuring the integrity of the American immigration system.

First, the two major differences between the old and new "mission statement"

1. Delete "the promise that the United States is a country of immigration".

In the email, L Francis cissna, director of the Immigration Bureau, interpreted the deletion of "the promise that the United States is an immigrant country". He believes that "this simple statement clearly defines the role of the Immigration Bureau in the legal immigration system in the United States and its commitment to the American people."

In other words, the official has set the tone of "America is no longer an immigrant country", which is more suitable for the current national conditions of the United States.

2. Delete the word "customer" and use "applicant, foreigner".

Before, the Immigration Bureau used the word "customer" to describe the applicant, but now it has deleted this word. The director of USCIS, L. Francis Cissna, particularly emphasized: "This word gives people a wrong influence. The nature of the work of the Immigration Bureau is complex, so we should not regard our work as a simple production line, in business terms. The expression "client" emphasizes that the work of the immigration bureau should consider the satisfaction of the applicant, not the provisions of the immigration law. The word' customer' will give people the wrong idea that the applicant should be the service object of the Immigration Bureau. "

To put it simply, the Immigration Bureau used to consider the feelings and satisfaction of applicants, but now it will take the national interests and laws of the United States as the standard in full accordance with the regulations.

Second, the announcement of the new "mission statement" caused an uproar: the United States has always been an immigrant country!

After the announcement of the new immigrants' mission statement on Thursday afternoon, the media reported this policy change all over the place. Many immigrant groups condemned this change as a violation of the basic principles of the United States.

Shin, a former employee of the Immigration Bureau, wrote on Twitter: "As a former employee of USCIS, this change ignores the rich history of American immigrants. USCIS is an organization that is almost completely supported by the applicant's expenses, so it is completely correct to use the word' customer'. "

Netizen Juan protested: "Everyone in this country should be vigilant. The United States has always prided itself on being an immigrant country. That's why we have the Statue of Liberty. Americans should wake up. "

Netizen Philip thinks: "This is ridiculous. No matter what words the Immigration Bureau erases from the document, the United States has always been an immigrant country. "

After Trump took office, the immigration policy changed greatly, cracking down on illegal immigrants, reforming the legal immigration policy, and ending the chain immigration of relatives. It seems that it is more fundamental to start directly now, and even the mission of the United States as an immigrant country should be deleted. I'm afraid the road to American immigration will come to an end.