The federal government is tightening the reins on how immigrants secure permanent residency from within the country. In a newly released policy memorandum, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminded its officers and the public that adjusting one’s status to a lawful permanent resid ent is not an automatic right, but rather a matter of “discretion […] USCIS Stops Automatic Green Cards, Declaring Adjustment Of Status An ‘Extraordinary Relief’ ...read more read less