The USCIS historically has been underfunded because most of the agency's funding comes from application fees that have stalled at $5 billion a year since 2019. 
Mbiri ya bungwe la  USCIS ikuonetsa kuti bungweli lakhala likulandira thandizo la ndalama lochepa chifukwa ndalama zothandizira nthambiyi zochuluka zimachokera ku malipiro a anthu amene amafika ndalama zokwana 5 biliyoni pa Chaka kuchokera mu Chaka cha 2019.