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At the end of 2022, nearly 423,000 people had submitted documentation for visa applications but were waiting to be interviewed. The number of people waiting for asylum status neared 1.6 million in November, the highest level on record, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. The immigration agency’s backlog, which includes applications for green cards and work permits, rose to nearly nine million last summer from fewer than six million in 2020, and has come down only slightly as more immigration officers have been hired.
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