From ACLU Southern California: " USCIS has agreed to maintain a moratorium on the denials of I-485 and N-400 applications that are subject to CARRP —USCIS’s secretive policy for handling cases alleged to have “national security... Read More

"In Wagafe v. Biden , 17-cv-00094 LK (W.D. Wash.), Plaintiffs challenge the legality of USCIS’s secret program called the Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program ( CARRP), on behalf of national classes of naturalization and adjustment... Read More

"This lawsuit challenges the Defendants' unlawful delay of Plaintiff's application for adjustment of status under a secretive policy that has blacklisted Plaintiff as a "national security concern," when in fact he is not, and illegally... Read More

Talal Ansari, BuzzFeed News, May 18, 2016 - "The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unlawfully delays the citizenship applications of Muslim immigrants due to a secretive immigration program, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday... Read More

"Millions of aspiring Americans apply to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) each year. But under a previously unknown national security program known as the “Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program” (CARRP... Read More

Talal Ansari, Siraj Datoo, BuzzFeed, Jan. 28, 2016 - "Pressuring people to become informants by dangling the promise of citizenship — or, if they do not comply, deportation — is expressly against the rules that govern FBI agents’... Read More

ACLU, July 31, 2014 - "Five people who have lived in the United States legally for decades filed a lawsuit today challenging a little-known government program used to deny thousands of law-abiding people citizenship, green cards, and visas on counterterrorism... Read More

Wagafe v. Trump, June 21, 2017 - "The common question here is whether CARRP is lawful. The answer is “yes” or “no.” The answer to this question will not change based on facts particular to each class member, because each class... Read More

Katie Traverso and Jennie Pasquarella, ACLU of Southern California - "This advisory discusses United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (“USCIS”) Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program, or “CARRP.”... Read More

David E. Gluckman writes: "I filed a FOIA with USCIS for updated SOPs on various application forms. I received the response , which includes updated SOPs on I-485, I-90, and I-765 processing. Lots of interesting stuff, including several mentions... Read More

CARRP = Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program . Jennie Pasquarella, Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Southern California writes: " It applies to any application for an immigration benefit filed with USCIS . There are many troubling... Read More

Muslims Need Not Apply: How USCIS Secretly Mandates the Discriminatory Delay and Denial of Citizenship and Immigration Benefits "This is an interactive CLE webinar designed for immigration lawyers and practitioners. It will explain how USCIS’s... Read More