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Migration Policy Institute |
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February 23, 2022 |
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Mounting Backlogs Undermine U.S. Immigration System and Impede Biden Policy Changes
By By Muzaffar Chishti and Julia Gelatt
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Processing backlogs have long been rampant across the immigration system, even well before the pandemic.At the end of FY 2013, USCIS had 3 million pending applications; the number increased to 5.7 million by the end of FY 2019, 6.1 million in September 2020, 8 million in September 2021, and about 9.5 million as of February 2022
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