United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna. After all, if it’s not right in front of us, it’s easy for it to flee our often flitting minds. In this case, USCIS is replacing one idea with another and, at least over time, reshaping our conception of the agency’s role — and perhaps of the United States’ relationship to immigration more generally. The narrative of the United States as a nation of immigrants, of course, was always more aspirational than accurate. But the USCIS mission overhaul is scary, too, and its goal is the same: By changing words, the White House hopes to change the country.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 22:14 UTC