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AFGE Family,

We did it!

We received official confirmation from USCIS management that the furlough of more than 13,000 employees HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

This is a major win for every dedicated public servant at USCIS and for our union. For weeks, we joined together to put pressure on management and congressional leaders to end these senseless furloughs. In the midst of a global pandemic, it was unacceptable that the agency was looking to put working families out of a job.

With your help, we made more than 55,000 contacts with Congress, hosted information sessions via video teleconference, engaged thousands of people on social media, and activated the full force of AFGE’s membership and the entire AFL-CIO labor community to keep USCIS workers on the job.

When we work together, we know that we can win.

Even with this victory, we will still need congressional action to prevent similar funding challenges in the near future. We need to keep Congress engaged so that they ensure that the agency remains operational and that USCIS jobs are secure.  

Thank you all for your service to the American people and for fighting against these furloughs until victory was ours.

Look out for more communications on our next steps to protect USCIS.

In Solidarity,

Dr. Everett Kelley
AFGE National President

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