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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19 ...

ALBANY — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has canceled upcoming naturalization ceremonies in at least three New York counties because they did not have enough candidates, according to emails ...