“I feel like there were no leaks before USCIS started doing super sketchy things,” one official told BuzzFeed News in response to the memo.
People show their identification to a US Customs and Border Protection officer before their appointments to apply for asylum in United States in Laredo, Texas.
The new acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Mark Koumans, sent the email to employees, telling them that while they regularly handle sensitive information, they need to guard it closely. He added that staff would be reprimanded and potentially suspended for two weeks for a first offense, another two weeks for a second offense, and terminated or removed from their job for a third leak.
BuzzFeed News first revealed the implementation of the program on Wednesday. Later in the day, Reuters, which also reported the program starting up,The email sent by Koumans mentions that staff can disclose “wrongdoing” under the Whistleblower Protection Act. But a USCIS official who read the email said Koumans missed the mark.
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