Policy Briefs
AILA Policy Brief: USCIS Processing Delays Have Reached Crisis Levels Under the Trump Administration
1/30/19
AILA Doc. No. 19012834.
This analysis of recently published U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data reveals crisis-level delays in the agency's processing of applications and petitions for immigration benefits under the Trump administration. The brief examines how those delays harm families, vulnerable individuals, and U.S. businesses; how current USCIS policies lengthen, rather than mitigate, slowdowns; and what steps USCIS and Congress can take to remedy this case processing crisis.
On February 12, 2019, members of Congress cited this policy brief in a letter to USCIS Director Lee Francis Cissna to highlight the impact of the agency's processing delays on families, U.S. businesses, and vulnerable populations.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19012834.
Accessible to Public.