{"id":25464,"date":"2022-03-03T14:44:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25464"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:44:50","slug":"report-warns-bigger-immigration-backlog-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2022\/03\/03\/report-warns-bigger-immigration-backlog-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: \u2018U.S. Immigration System is Buckling Under Its Own Weight\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Backlogs in immigration applications are undermining the integrity of the system, according to the Migration Policy Institute<\/a> (MPI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigration court backlogs now top 1.6 million cases, up from 1.1 million before the COVID pandemic, and more than double the caseload in fiscal year 2018. At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) pending applications for green cards and work permits have surged from 5.7 million to 9.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exacerbated by the Biden administration\u2019s loose to non-existent enforcement at the southern border, the backups are \u201ccreating a magnet for those who may not be eligible for asylum yet apply for protection knowing resolution of their case may be years off,\u201d MPI stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation does not please the Institute\u2019s immigration enthusiasts, who note that, \u201cBeyond harming the effectiveness of the immigration system, the backlogs have the potential to dull the impact of the Biden administration\u2019s immigration ambitions.\u201d (We can only hope.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfazed, and heading in the wrong direction, a group of Senate Democrats this week introduced legislation<\/a> to make even more<\/em> green cards available. That, of course, will do nothing to reduce the backlog at USCIS. At least with Biden\u2019s unpopular policies dragging his party down, the Capitol Hill gambit is going nowhere as Democrats face big losses in congressional elections this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his State of the Union address, the president vowed to trim the U.S. deficit by $1 trillion<\/a> this year. Here again, his open-border policies get in the way. By FAIR\u2019s 2017 estimate<\/a>, illegal migration costs federal, state and local governments $116 billion annually. That figure is rising fast as hundreds of thousands more<\/a> migrants were released into the U.S. during Biden\u2019s first year in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the backups clogging federal agencies, MPI reports that USCIS and the State Department have been hit by a succession of lawsuits for delays. The Institute notes that \u201csubstantial resources\u201d will be required, which will further deepen the deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Biden\u2019s lofty rhetoric has slammed into a wall of reality. It\u2019s a collision that damages the credibility of his administration and the security of this nation. And don\u2019t just take our word for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever the solutions, it is clear that the immigration system is buckling under its own weight,\u201d MPI laments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Backlogs in immigration applications are undermining the integrity of the system, according to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Immigration court backlogs now top 1.6 million cases, up from 1.1 million before the COVID pandemic, and more than double the caseload in fiscal year 2018. At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) pending applications for green<\/p>\n

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