In June the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) ended its contract with an external vendor responsible for printing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) and Lawful Permanent Resident Cards (“Green Cards”) in an effort to hire federal employees to replace these outside contractors. However, given USCIS’s massive budget deficit, which may result in 70% of its workforce being furloughed if it does not receive a Congressional bailout, they are currently subject to a hiring freeze, which has significantly reduced it’s capacity to print these documents.