Democrats Probe for Root of Immigration Agency Budget Shortfall

House Democrats remained unconvinced during a Capitol hearing that the budgetary shortfalls facing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are solely a product of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Trump administration has yet to submit a formal request to furnish emergency funding for the Department of Homeland Security sub-agency despite its operating deficit. Lawmakers are seeking information about what led to the shortfall.

“We are eager to assist and want to provide the agency with the resources needed,” Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) said at the nearly three-hour agency oversight hearing Wednesday.

Democratic members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship ...