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Nothing has been announced yet. USCIS indicated that these expanded background checks shouldn't delay the process by much but of course no one knows. Right now, it's just wait and see,
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They've always had nationwide data. The database is NCIC. It's an imperfect database that has hits for any interaction with law enforcement. USCIS/DHS/State routinely use this database. So there's not much that's new there.
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So they're submitting data to the same database again? Sounds like a lot of hot air by the administration...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-mandates-e...

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