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Evaluation of Agency’s Ethics, Cooperation, Leadership, and Legal Decisions
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Topic : Evaluation of Agency’s Ethics, Cooperation, Leadership, and Legal Decisions
Course: Public Administration Capstone (PAD599)
Student: Abraham S. Sanoe
Prof. Angela Smith
Date: November 12, 2020

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Introduction
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was established as a federal
oversight of immigration dated back to 1891 after creating the first Office of immigration in the
Treasury Department. Due to the immigration growth, the federal need and duties increase,
leading to significant reform to the pathway to citizenship. Another reform took place during the
Great Depression in 1933 after the President order the consolidation of both federal immigration
and naturalization functions into Immigration and Naturalization Services. The U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services assumed responsibility for immigration services by focusing solely on
the administration of benefits applications
(Creation of the Department of Homeland Security (2015).
The Agency's function is to oversee lawful immigration, help individuals who wish to become
U.S. citizens through naturalization by determining their eligibility, process their application,
and, if approved, grant them citizenship. It also provides documentation of those that acquire
citizenship through their parents. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services manages the
process, allowing pertinent residents and citizens to bring relatives who wish to work and live in
America. Allow people to work in America on temporary and sometimes provide a path to
becoming a permanent residence. Provide humanitarian programs that protect individuals in and
out of America displaced by war, famine, and political unrest. The adjudication of immigration
petitions, naturalization, and other related immigration services such as employment
authorization. The Agency must confirm that all applicants are eligible for the special
immigration status they are seeking or determine they should be rejected because they failed to
meet the legal requirements.

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Administrative Ethics
The agency employees are required to practice high ethical standards in conducting their duties
and services. The most priority is to perform our tasks with a deep commitment to maintaining
the trust given you to administer the nation's immigration laws fairly, honestly, and correctly.
The uttermost responsibility is to uphold the time-honored American traditions of welcoming
those individuals seeking freedom, liberty, and an opportunity for a better life. The workforce's
vision demonstrates and achieves the capacity to accomplish the mission and serve the core
values in guiding the principle to fulfill the mission effectively in realizing the long-term goal.