"More consistent and rigorous scrutiny of applications would lead to fewer delays, fewer appeals, less uncertainty for the applicant, less pressure on the officials themselves, and probably lower costs for the UK taxpayer".
His bills would toughen scrutiny of applications for curb cuts, initiate a citywide survey of illegal cuts and allow the city's Department of Transportation to remove them at the owner's expense.
The lawmakers have not laid out any specific charges of high crimes and misdemeanors against Mr. Obama, though the health care law and I.R.S. scrutiny of applications by conservative groups for nonprofit status seem to be among the motivating factors.
For those unfamiliar, the two issues mentioned by Trump relate to the IRS's scrutiny of applications for nonprofit status from conservative groups and an effort by the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco Firearms and Explosives to trace illegal gun sales by allowing certain sales to take place.
This requires evaluation of performance and replacement of failing schools, but also scrutiny of applications to ensure schools have a strategy for success before they open.
The April executive order "Buy American, Hire American," which Trump claimed would result in higher wages and employment rates for US workers, called on the government to increase scrutiny of applications for the H-1B, or skilled worker, visa, of which there are 85,000 granted each year.
The third factor has been an increased scrutiny of visa applications, with the U.S. government focusing on Punjab and Hyderabad for fraudulent applications.
Since 1996, when an immigration law overhaul first brought intensified scrutiny of citizenship applications, at least 85,000 naturalizations have been turned down each year.
Lawyers for the property owners also said they hoped the decision signaled a new nationwide trend in stricter judicial scrutiny of condemnation applications.
And in the current climate, banks are even less open to reconsidering decisions because most have already increased their scrutiny of loan applications and do not want any appearance of impropriety.
These new obstacles include measures other countries have adopted in response to American policies, such as higher fees for travel visas or increased scrutiny of visa applications, as well as the potential for delays re-entering the United States.
