I will leave it to the rest of #ImmigrationTwitter to parse most of the absurdities in today's @USCIS-press-release-that-is-actually-a-@USCISCuccinelli-audition-form-for-@DHSgov-Secretary...
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@USCIS @USCISCuccinelli @DHSgov ...but I'll focus on the "Large Workload" section.
Plea to reporters: Don't quote these meaningless numbers:
"adjudicated nearly 7.5M requests for immigration benefits"
"naturalized 833k new citizens"
"granted [green cards] to 582k individuals"
"processed >2.1M [work permits]"
@USCIS @USCISCuccinelli @DHSgov *Avg processing times* are numbers that matter to actual humans, & @USCIS isn't crowing about them:
Naturalization: 10 months (⬆️72% since FY15)
Family green cards: 11.4 mo. (⬆️73%)
Employment green cards: 12.5 mo. (⬆️92%)
U visas: 44 mo. (⬆️4x !?!?)
egov.uscis.gov/processing-tim…
@USCIS @USCISCuccinelli @DHSgov But wait, it gets worse!
If you happen to live in Seattle, the *median* citizenship processing time is 16 months & could be higher than 20 months.
Live in NYC or Baltimore? The max citizenship processing time is shooting north of *26 months.*
egov.uscis.gov/processing-tim…
@USCIS @USCISCuccinelli @DHSgov The only maybe-legit number I see in this Pravda-esque @USCIS press release is this:
"From the start of FY19 through Aug 19, the backlogs for Green Cards and naturalizations were reduced by 25% and 20% respectively."
If true, that means a citizenship backlog of ~600k...
@USCIS @USCISCuccinelli @DHSgov ...which is still the biggest absolute backlog & the worst backlog completion rate since FY2007, back when there was a huge surge in citizenship applications the likes of which this administration has never faced.
@USCISCuccinelli is doing a D job at best, & asking for an A+.
@USCIS @USCISCuccinelli @DHSgov More data (not propaganda) from @chooseboundless below.
cc @NFAPResearch @npnewamericans @the_ILRC @newamericans @FWDus @NewAmericanEcon @NatImmForum @NALEO @AILANational @David_J_Bier @ReichlinMelnick @CramonBPC @BPC_TBrown @MigrationPolicy @PewHispanic
boundless.com/american-citiz…
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