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Victoria Dallas Fischer, 4, a child adopted from Guatemala, partially hides her face behind a handful of mini American flags as she goes to receive her citizenship certificate during the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) first ever Adoption Day ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, in New York. In recognition of November as National Adoption Month, USCIS naturalized 17 adopted children from six countries; China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Saint Lucia, and South Korea, so that they may celebrate their first Thanksgiving with their families as American citizens. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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This Dec. 13, 2017 photo shows L. Francis Cissna, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, during an interview in his office in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday. In this December interview, Cissna said that he hoped to stem the growing backlog in asylum applications to prevent fraud and enable those truly fleeing persecution to settle here. On Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, the agency announced plans to start reviewing newer asylum applications first and pushing those already waiting years toward the back of the line. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Twitter sued the Trump administration last week in response to its previously unreported attempt to learn about @ALT_USCIS, an account purportedly run by a current employee of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The social-media giant dropped its case a day later after the federal government withdrew its request, Twitter said in a court filing. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Leon Rodriguez answers a question while testifying before a Senate Judiciary hearing to examine the Administration's immigration enforcement policies, in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
