Prospective citizens are not asking for a free ridethey never have. They are simply asking for fairness. and for a broken bureaucracy. with an unacceptable backlog. to stop trying to fix its failures. and its inefficiencies. on the backs of lowincome working families. In recent years. USCIS has increasingly burdened prospective citizens with indirect costs not related to the application process. The legislation I am introducing today would help reverse that trend in a way that makes sense for prospective citizens and for the agency. It would freeze fees at their current rates until we can conduct proper oversight and thoroughly review the proposed fee structure.