Moran Asks DHS for Permanent USCIS Office in Southwest Kansas

The request

Sen. Moran is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to establish a permanent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in southwest Kansas.

The request is directed at DHS, the federal agency responsible for USCIS. It asks the department to create a permanent local office rather than relying on the current arrangement for USCIS services in the region.

What is known

The development concerns southwest Kansas and USCIS field-office access. The request does not itself establish an office or set a date for one to open.

No decision by DHS, opening date or location for a potential office was announced with the request. The next step would be for the department to consider the call and decide whether to establish the office.

What happens next

DHS would have to act on the request before a permanent USCIS field office could be created. Any future announcement from the department or USCIS would clarify whether the proposal is moving forward and what services, location and schedule would apply.