Source: Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 8/25/20

 A plan to furlough about two-third of the federal workers tasked with offering citizenship, green cards and visas to immigrants — which would have effectively brought the nation's immigration system to a standstill — was canceled on Tuesday just days before employees would have been removed from the payroll.  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday that it was reversing course on its plan to furlough 13,400 of its 20,000 employees on Aug. 30 "as a result of unprecedented spending cuts and a steady increase in daily incoming revenue and receipts."

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