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Trump immigration delays create massive backlog, increasing ICE arrest targets

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The Trump administration's immigration offices have created an unprecedented backlog of over 7.5 million applications for citizenship, green cards, and work permits. When combined with asylum and humanitarian cases, the total backlog exceeds 12.1 million individuals. Critics argue these delays are a deliberate tactic to increase arrests and deportations by making immigrants vulnerable to ICE, while the agency states the slowdown is due to stricter vetting and workforce reductions. AI

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Trump immigration delays create massive backlog, increasing ICE arrest targets

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  1. Axios Technology TIER_1 (CA) · Brittany Gibson ·

    "Entrapment": Trump's immigration delays fuel jump in ICE arrest targets

    <p>A work slowdown by the Trump administration's immigration offices has exploded the backlog of applications for citizenship, green cards and work permits to an unprecedented 7.5 million people, according to the latest<strong> </strong>agency data.</p><ul><li>Add the millions of…

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