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Trump Requests Funding for 200 DHS Agents to Combat Immigration Fraud

4/17/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump seeks Congress funding to hire 200 DHS agents for immigration-fraud investigations.
Joseph Edlow, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), spoke at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.
Edlow urged focused criminal-investigation branch because immigration-fraud prosecutions are low.
The plan follows a November decision to review legal-immigration fraud after a shooting involving an Afghan national, with DHS reviewing asylum cases approved under the Biden administration.

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U.S. President Donald Trump seeks Congress funding to hire 200 DHS agents for immigration-fraud investigations.
Joseph Edlow, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), spoke at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.
Edlow urged focused criminal-investigation branch because immigration-fraud prosecutions are low.
The plan follows a November decision to review legal-immigration fraud after a shooting involving an Afghan national, with DHS reviewing asylum cases approved under the Biden administration.