"We're going to have to take a hit on other priorities in order to do this, but the department has made very clear that this is a priority," John Lafferty, head of USCIS' asylum division, told employees. "The administration, the White House, has made clear this is a priority."
GOP probes use of air marshals, Secret Service at the border
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“I wish we’d been able to do this earlier,” Mr. Lafferty said in the Friday briefing.
DHS will slow legal immigration work to handle border surge
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