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New measures announced to tackle US immigration backlogs
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14:39 01/04/2022
The Biden administration has announced three key measures to help combat a rising US visa and immigration application backlog that has left millions of people in limbo. A senior official at United...
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America’s 500 US immigration judges have spoken out over feeling overworked and under political pressure to deport as backlogged cases reach more than 1.3 million. Since the end of Donald Trump’s...
