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| https://sablan.house.gov/press-release/kilili-has-been-working-uscis-misclassification-cws | Kilili has been working with USCIS on misclassification of CWs | 2017-12-21 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Democrat | House | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan will take any specific cases of CW applicants misclassified as new construction workers to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for review. USCIS has already issued permits for applications initially rejected, after the Congressman worked with the applicant and the agency to get further consideration. Sablan explained this success in a letter to Governor Ralph Torres today and asked the Governor to send any similar cases to the congressional office for assistance. The Congressmans letter, ccd to the Northern Marianas Business Alliance Corporation, reads as follows: Dear Governor Torres: When we met in Washington last week, along with the Northern Marianas Business Alliance Corporation, a number of you expressed concern about how the Trump administration is implementing U.S. Public Law 115-53. You said there are cases in which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is wrongfully denying applications for Commonwealth-only Transitional Worker permits for gardeners, hotel maintenance workers, and Commonwealth Utility Corporation engineers because the new law bars the use of CW permits for new construction workers. I agree this interpretation appears inconsistent with the intent of the law. Please send me these specific cases or any others in which a permit applicant believes that misclassification as a new construction worker has occurred. I will promptly refer the case to USCIS as a congressional inquiry to help ensure it receives timely and thorough review. In fact, the congressional office has already managed three such cases. In two the misclassification was corrected and the permits awarded. A decision in the third case is pending. As you know, the intent of Public Law 115-53 was to protect our local business people, who depend on CW workers, from the flood of new construction workers that began in 2016 and used up as many as 5,000 CW permits. I will continue to do all I can to prevent harm to our local business community or legacy CW workers, as I have with the cases already brought to me for help. Sincerely, /s/ Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan Member of Congress To obtain congressional assistance on immigration or any other matter regarding the federal government, contact the congressional office on Saipan, Tinian, or Rota or go to https://sablan.house.gov/serving-you/help-federal-agency. All cases are handled with complete confidentiality. -30- | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |