Trump admin to shutter international immigration offices

Article by John Bowden and Rafael Bernal (https://thehill.com/policy/international/433714-trump-admin-to-shutter-21-international-immigration-offices)

I find it odd that the Hill, a news organization that sits to the right, would pick the word shutter to describe a recent administration move. Shutter evokes a sense of finality, a last weary sigh as all of one’s effort has been expended and there is no other choice than to call it quits. By using this word “shutter” the authors make this piece human from the outset, which doesn’t seem like a wise decision for an organization with conservative leanings. This article does however, heavily quote individuals associated with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when they created this article. This move, according to this article, is intended as a consolidation effort to address issues of budget and backlog. This article also quotes the head of the agency, Director L. Francis Cissna, as they address the decision to “shutter” (again a rather emotional word) their 21 offices and consolidate them into existing embassies and stateside offices. Cissna states while this change may be difficult, it is their intention to make the transition as smooth as possible. According to another, unnamed, official in the agency, this move is cost-cutting measure, and approximately 70 of the agency’s staff would be reassigned to other agencies. Oddly, at this point the article begins to criticize this move ( I saw odd as this is a conservative leaning news outlet). The authors quote a democrat house member, who states the move “sounds like a really dumb idea”. This move is exceedingly odd from a conservative organization.