Thread by @DHSgov

President Trump and Secretary Noem have jumpstarted an agency that was hamstrung and barred from doing its job for the last four years.

For the first time in over five decades, The United States is on track to see NEGATIVE NET MIGRATION.

The foreign-born population has declined by 2.2 million this year, which includes the 1.6 million illegal aliens who have voluntarily self-deported and 555,000 deportations.

The Biden Administration’s unrestrained visa vetting put American lives at risk.

Under @Sec_Noem, a new era has dawned for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. USCIS agents are now fully empowered by a final rule to enforce the law by prosecuting and removing illegal aliens from the country. With this change, DHS has so far received over 35,000 applications from patriotic Americans to help stop abuse of the U.S. immigration system.

If you want to help us decide who will enter our country, go to: USCIS.GOV/JOIN

For new citizens, USCIS has unveiled the implementation of a new 2025 naturalization civics test, which will assess an alien’s comprehension of U.S. history, government, and proficiency the English language in line with the statutory requirement.

That step will restore integrity to the naturalization process, ensuring that American citizenship remains a safely protected privilege, not a freebie for anyone in the world. Furthermore, it will help guarantee citizens by choice have a keen understanding and appreciation for our tradition, customs, language, and culture, and understand the duty they have to continue American greatness.

Anti-American activity, including involvement in terrorist organizations, is now a red flag during the vetting of immigrant benefit requests. Illegal aliens who express anti-American views or ideologies will no longer be allowed to flow freely across our border or remain as your neighbor.

Disastrous policies that disguise themselves as misaimed humanitarianism have taken a toll on America. With USCIS in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Project Firewall, the days of H1-B visa abuse are ending.

This enforcement initiative will safeguard the rights, wages, and jobs of skilled American workers, America’s most valuable resource, by ensuring that employers prioritize qualified Americans and holding them accountable when they don’t.

With Operation Twin Shield, ICE and USCIS have completed a first of its kind targeted surge of immigration fraud detection across Minneapolis-St. Paul, discovering 275 cases of fraud.

USCIS is declaring an all-out war on immigration fraud and will relentlessly pursue anyone involved in undermining America’s laws. Hundreds of bad actors are being held accountable to protect our national security.

President Trump and Secretary Noem have also ended the de facto asylum system that Temporary Protected Status had become in the last administration. DHS has ended Temporary Protected Status for dozens of countries, including Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Afghanistan.

DHS has ended the automatic extension of employment authorization. DHS now prioritizes the screening and vetting of aliens before extending the validity of their employment authorizations. This new emphasis on robust alien screening and vetting eliminates the prioritization of illegal aliens over the needs and safety of Americans.

In the face of a historic number of injunctions from activist judges and threats to law enforcement, DHS, ICE and CBP, have not just closed the border, but made historic strides to carry out President Trump’s promise of arresting and deporting illegal aliens who have invaded our country.

This includes the implementation of a $1,000 fee for aliens paroled into the U.S. to stop the rampant fraud of the parole system, in addition to a proposed rule that, when finalized, will severely limit the length of time that certain visa holders, including foreign students, are allowed to stay in the United States.

DHS is restoring integrity to the law of the land by combatting the rampant abuse that has taken root in America for over a generation.

Momentum is on the side of our nation. DHS has received more than 200,000 applications from Americans seeking to join ICE to help arrest and deport illegal aliens from our streets. Americans are answering the call to serve and defend the homeland with the mandate earned by President Trump.

What you choose to do today will decide the fate of America for the next generation. Those of you mindful of history rightfully discredit individuals who stood motionless in sorrow as temperature of the times rises. Tomorrow will record where you were when your country needed you most.

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