• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna speaks about the Bangladeshi suspect in an attempted suicide bombing in New York, during a press briefing at the White House in Washington in 2017. USCIS reportedly plans to close its offices abroad. | REUTERS
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna speaks about the Bangladeshi suspect in an attempted suicide bombing in New York, during a press briefing at the White House in Washington in 2017. USCIS reportedly plans to close its offices abroad. | REUTERS

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to close the U.S. immigration agency’s overseas locations, according to current and former officials and an internal memo, in a move affecting offices that currently handle family visa requests, international adoptions and other tasks.

The move is the latest from an administration that has worked to limit both legal and illegal immigration since Trump took office in January 2017, including cuts to the U.S. refugee program and heightened vetting of U.S. visa applications.

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