Lee Francis Cissna Confirmed as New Director of USCIS

On October 5, 2017, the United States Senate confirmed Lee Francis Cissna as the new Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by a vote of 54-43. Cissna was supported by 50 Republican senators and 4 Democrats.

We previously discussed Cissna's resume when he was nominated [see blog]. Furthermore, we posted a more recent update on his difficult confirmation process [see blog]. Now that Cissna has been confirmed, we hope that he will prove to be an effective head of the USCIS going forward.