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
RANK_REASON Significant policy change impacting millions of individuals and government agencies. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]
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