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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it’s received more than 35,000 applications for the position of “Homeland Defender” since it began its hiring campaign in September.

“USCIS is cutting bureaucratic red tape to hire fiercely dedicated, America-first patriots to serve on the front lines and hold the line against terrorists, criminal aliens, and bad actors intent on infiltrating our nation,” a USCIS press release sent out on Thursday, November 6, says. “This includes interviewing aliens, reviewing applications, and identifying criminal or ineligible aliens.”

USCIS, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), screens and processes green card, asylum, and citizenship applications, and administers humanitarian programs for “individuals unable to........

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