"The policy changes announced after the National Guard shooting are expected to grow the caseload backlog at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the office that handles legal migration. Green cards and asylum claims will be re-reviewed, slowing down immigration processing for everyone, not just the targeted nationalities. By the numbers: There are roughly 1.5 million pending asylum cases in the pipeline at USCIS, according to the latest posted data."
"Zoom in: The impact has been immediate for people from the 19 countries on the travel ban list, including Afghanistan, Somalia, Venezuela and Iran. The travel ban, when unveiled this summer, shut down travel for those passport holders to the U.S. But now that list is being used against immigrants already in the country who are applying for visas, work authorization or permanent legal status like a green card."
Policy changes after the National Guard shooting will grow the caseload backlog at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and increase vetting that re-reviews green card and asylum claims, slowing immigration processing for all applicants. USCIS currently has roughly 1.5 million pending asylum cases and about 11 million pending cases across all immigration benefits. The travel ban list of 19 countries is being applied to applicants already in the U.S., causing canceled interviews and removals from citizenship ceremonies. Reopening and additional screening will make processing times unpredictable, with some cases taking as few as 15 days and others up to 45 months. Applicants rely on USCIS estimates to plan around final decisions.
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