US Immigration Backlog Hits All-Time High [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Jul 08, 2025 at 4:24 AM EDT
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is grappling with an unprecedented backlog of immigration cases, reaching a record 11.3 million pending applications.
USCIS data from January to March shows some immigration categories experiencing worsening delays, with processing times creeping up. As backlogs grow larger each quarter, applicants are left waiting months or even years longer than they expected.
Immigration attorneys told Newsweek that the Trump administration's efforts to find fraud in applications is significantly slowing down processing times and creating "massive backlogs" across an already overwhelmed immigration system.
"The Trump administration has told USCIS to slow down processing of cases. Predictably, the system has quickly developed massive backlogs. By the end of 2028, we will pine for the days of a functioning legal immigration system because it will effectively not exist by the end of the Trump term," Charles Kuck, the founding partner at Kuck Baxter in Atlanta, told Newsweek. Newsweek contacted USCIS for comment via email on Monday afternoon.
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