Is saving the records of America's immigration history, and making them accessible for all, a priority to you? If so, we need you to act now.
Records Not Revenue needs your help in letting our federal elected officials know that USCIS must do better. Fee-paying customers bear the brunt of USCIS' mismanagement of the Genealogy Program, ranging from multi-year wait times to reports of lost records or files not found to terrible reproduction quality and improper redactions. Problems with the USCIS Genealogy Program continue unabated. USCIS has done nothing to demonstrate to its customers that it has addressed issues related to access, transparency, or efficiency.
Records Not Revenue needs your help in letting our federal elected officials know that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requires an annual uplift of an additional $100 million through FY2029 in order to overcome decades of near-stagnant funding, which prevents NARA from keeping pace with the exponential growth of archival holdings and the government's transition to digital records. NARA needs this infusion of funding so that the agency can address critical challenges and accomplish its statutory mission-critical obligations.
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