U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T226788 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Context triple: [United States Department of Homeland Security, hasComponentAgency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services]
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A.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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B.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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C.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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D.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
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E.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Target entity description: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
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A.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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B.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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C.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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D.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
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E.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
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government agency ⓘ immigration authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
USCIS
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateFormed | March 1, 2003 ⓘ |
| employs |
adjudications officers
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asylum officers ⓘ immigration officers ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor | Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legalAuthority | Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ |
| operates |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
USCIS application support centers
USCIS asylum offices ⓘ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
USCIS field offices
USCIS service centers ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| replaced | Immigration and Naturalization Service ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
adjudicating immigration benefits
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administering lawful immigration to the United States ⓘ administering the naturalization test ⓘ conducting naturalization interviews ⓘ granting or denying immigration benefits ⓘ issuing Certificates of Naturalization ⓘ issuing Permanent Resident Cards ⓘ issuing certain travel documents ⓘ maintaining immigration records ⓘ processing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals requests ⓘ processing Special Immigrant Juvenile petitions ⓘ processing T nonimmigrant status applications ⓘ processing Temporary Protected Status applications ⓘ processing U nonimmigrant status petitions ⓘ processing VAWA self-petitions ⓘ processing adoption-related immigration petitions ⓘ processing asylum applications ⓘ processing certain visa petitions ⓘ processing citizenship applications ⓘ processing employment authorization documents ⓘ processing employment-based immigration petitions ⓘ processing family-based immigration petitions ⓘ processing fiancé(e) visa petitions ⓘ processing humanitarian parole requests ⓘ processing naturalization applications ⓘ processing permanent resident (green card) applications ⓘ processing refugee applications ⓘ providing immigration information and customer service ⓘ verifying employment eligibility through E-Verify ⓘ |
| website | https://www.uscis.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Description of subject: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Department of Homeland Security
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hasComponentAgency
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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this entity surface form:
Immigration and Naturalization Service
this entity surface form:
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
this entity surface form:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facilities
this entity surface form:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Verification Division
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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abbreviation
→
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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operates
→
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
USCIS field offices
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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operates
→
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
USCIS application support centers
subject surface form:
Homeland Security Act of 2002
this entity surface form:
Citizenship and Immigration Services
this entity surface form:
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
subject surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act
subject surface form:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI
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coordinatesWith
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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this entity surface form:
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services New York offices (in Javits Federal Building)
subject surface form:
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
subject surface form:
Office of Biometric Identity Management
Borders and Maritime Security Division
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supportsAgency
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services leadership
EB-3 skilled workers, professionals, and other workers immigrant visa
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administeredBy
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
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administeredBy
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
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petitionFiledWith
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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