U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

A new citizen holds a package of documents during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in Miami. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)
Lee Francis Cissna, President Trump’s nominee to head the federal agency that handles applications for visas, refugee status and citizenship, has put little on the public record in his 20 years as a lawyer, government employee, diplomat and Capitol Hill aide.

Julie Kirchner, former executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group labelled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
A former director of an anti-immigration group, Julie Kirchner, is expected to be named as ombudsman to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday, according to a person with knowledge of the pending appointment.
Kirchner was from 2005 to 2015 director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that has advocated for extreme restrictions on immigration.