Biden’s USCIS Takes Credit for Trump-Era Initiatives
By Robert Law on June 25, 2021
In 1987, then-Senator Joe Biden’s first failed attempt at becoming U.S. president ended after he was caught plagiarizing another politician’s phrases during a debate. Fast forward to 2019, and after a second failed attempt at becoming president in 2008, Biden again was caught passing off other people’s work as his own without attribution. Viewed as the best candidate to unseat President Trump, Biden was given a pass this time by the media and Democratic primary electorate, propelling him to the nomination and eventually an electoral victory.
Taking credit for the work of others apparently resonates throughout President Biden’s administration. In a June 24 email, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided the public an update on the comments received during a 30-day Request for Public Input (RPI) about “barriers to USCIS benefits and services”. The agency described the public response as “overwhelming”, noting that it received approximately 7,400 submissions during the comment period. I submitted one of those comments on behalf of the Center, emphasizing that caps, requests for evidence, screening and vetting, and reasonable processing times are not “barriers”.
Then the USCIS email includes a sentence full of revisionist history that forced me to re-read it multiple times to ensure I read it correctly. According to Biden’s USCIS, “Many of your comments reinforce the importance of the actions that USCIS has already started under the Biden Administration, including increasing access to online filing options, revising the fee schedule, and addressing COVID-19 related processing delays.” (Emphasis added.)
https://cis.org/Law/Bidens-USCIS-Takes-Credit-TrumpEra-Initiatives
