More Than 13,000 USCIS Workers Face Possible Furlough Amid Coronavirus

Officials with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union in the country, said Tuesday that more than 13,000 federal workers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) face a possible furlough of at least 30 days.

Nearly three-quarters of the USCIS workforce will be affected by the possible furlough, and notices will reportedly be handed out to USCIS employees between Wednesday and July 3, The Washington Post reported. The furlough itself is expected to go into effect August 3.