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House Passes Emergency Bill to Halt Immigration-Agency Cuts.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is set to furlough 70% of its employees at end of August.
The House on Saturday unanimously passed a bill to provide emergency funding to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the primary agency running the nation’s immigration system that is set to furlough roughly two-thirds of its employees at the end of this month.
The bill passed moments after the House voted on legislation to prevent cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service, which brought members of Congress back to Washington for a rare Saturday session. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) brought up the bill using a procedure.'>>>
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-passes-emergency-funding-to-halt-immigration-agency-cuts-11598141852?