DHS

Asylum officer conduct fear claim interviews. These interviews are the initial for a previously deported alien now claiming fear or an expedited removal claiming fear. Before either of those aliens is placed into removal/withholding proceedings he/she must be interviewed by an asylum officer.

If they reverse all decisions Ken Cucinnelli made since in office at USCIS than maybe the hiring freeze might lift.

https://www.npr.org/2020...-to-top-immigration-post

Another article and this one from Forbes. Talking about the hiring freeze.


https://www.google.com/a...is-billions-in-fees/amp/

I agree.

He's an Anti-Immigration Extremist.

They don't even bring up his confirmation before Congress because they know that even Republicans won't confirm him, so they name him "Acting". But as you see in the article, they're on to them...

This is a Mess.

Keeps getting worst.

Classic SJW lingo.... Law abiding humans and way to throw that race card down. I know it’s the only card you’ve got (and from what I’ve seen it’s your go to move). No experience to speak of. No knowledge of the subject matter or the law.

The aliens I deal with most frequently are in violation of 8USC1325 or 8USC1326 and are illegal aliens. They have committed a violation of a criminal statute. There is nothing law abiding about the majority of aliens in removal proceedings. How do you get placed into removal proceedings? The far majority of aliens in removal proceedings fall under the following..You illegally entered the country, you overstayed or violated the status of your visa and/or you were convicted of a removable offense. Please (the person who has no clue about immigration) tell me with your vast knowledge of the INA and experience in immigration how they are “law abiding”.

You have no clue about immigration other that what you read or have been brain washed to believe. You’re a far left open borders hack who thinks you know it all and everyone that doesn’t hold your opinion is either a racist or anti immigrant.

USCIS lost its way many years ago. It stopped worrying about following the law and only became concerned with how many applications it could approve. Doesn’t matter how fraudulent the application was. The tendency was to lean toward approval. Seen it first hand in Natz application, DACA applications and U visa applications.

LMAO this Xfed/BP matchup has been one for the ages. Some takeaways as they head down the stretch:

BP is definitely a mental midget, (s)he has fallen into all of xfed's traps, quite funny for someone who brags about their illustrious immigration career. (no one cares about your made up jobs at various agencies!)

Xfed is a man/woman of passion and anger, but may truly be too far left to work in any federal capacity w/o showing outright bias.

BOTH exemplify why people cannot stand government employees.

Congrats!

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Pumass you are welcome to your own opinion.. and best of luck getting that GS 5 position with CIS. If not I’m sure you can work alongside XFed and the local Burger Joint.

Hahahahaha... I agree with Pumas on this one. Adolf needs "something"...

I have a job in Corporate currently and am in the process of crossing over to government. My EOD was the beginning of February but then of course the hiring freeze hit. I am looking at other opportunities both in govt and in corporate.

With that said, one of the reasons I wanted to crossover to government is because of the benefits (retirement) that is offered. but I just saw this article and it appears that they are trying to get rid of the Federal Retirement system? Did I read the article right? https://federalsoup.com/...ibased-compensation.aspx


Can anyone shed any clarity on this?

Thoughts?

There has been chatter for years about changing FERS. The most recent changes to FERS have only affected new hires. These changes increased the FERS contribution rates from .8 percent (1.3 for LEOS) to 4.4 percent (4.9 for LEOS) for employees hired on or after 1/1/2014 (those hired between 1/12013 to 12/31/2013 contribute 3.1 percent (3.6 for LEOS).

There are no guarantees but once you get hired there is a less likely chance that you would be directly affected by most of the proposed changes but keep in mind that one of the changes mentioned above (FERS-FRAE) was signed into law in late December 2013 and went into effect 1/1/2014.

The most common proposals are..
High 5 (instead of high 3)
Eliminate FERS supplemental
Increase FERS contributions by employees
Eliminate COLA
And possible changes to FEHB contributions during retirement (from 72 percent to 65 percent)

The most drastic would be the elimination of FERS and move to strictly TSP.

If you are truly concerned about retirement with the federal government (and pay) your best bet is to get a 6C/12D LEO position. With most of the covered positions you will earn significantly more during your career because of GS grade (many positions top out at the GS 12/13 level) and premium pay (LEAP/AUO) that adds an addition 25-32 percent of pay (that also is figured into high 3 for retirement). Plus being able to retire at a much younger age and have a pension that would be significantly higher in percentage (between approx 50-70 percent) than non LEO positions. The actual difference with the higher LEO pay (high 3) and the higher percentage can result many times in more than double the pension for an LEO at the same grade as a non LEO.

GS 12 step 6 (RUS)
Base - 89,510

Non LEO
Base - 89,510 x 20 years (20 percent of high 3) = Pension of 17,902 (not eligible for FERS Supplemental)

LEO
Base - 89,510 plus premium (25 percent) 22,377.5 = 111,887.5 x 20 years (34 percent) = 38,041.75 plus FERS supplemental (approx 15,000) = 53,041

So that’s 17,902 vs 53,041.

The gap will close slightly after 30 years.

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