Increased Revenues and Cost Cutting Help USCIS Delay Scheduled Furlough By Kara K. Lancaster on August 27, 2020 Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn On August 25, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency will avert a furlough of approximately 13,000 employees, previously scheduled to take place on August 30, 2020.