Thank capitalism for the immigration system
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a backlog of around 5.2 million immigration benefit requests, with an additional 8.5 million pending requests that are not in the backlog yet because they aren’t ready for adjudication. This means that USCIS has 13.7 million benefit requests to do — in addition to the new applications it is receiving.
he application-fee-based system USCIS is using rewards inefficiency.
USCIS requests for an increase in application fees are based to a great extent on how much time is being spent on processing the various applications it adjudicates. The more time it takes to adjudicate the applications, the higher the fees USCIS can charge. The higher the fees, the more money the agency will have to meet its budgetary needs.
Conversely, if USCIS reduces the time it takes to do the applications by becoming more efficient, the fees will be lower and the agency will have less money for meeting its budgetary needs.
The Hill
This all in a new report just published by the organization. Take a look at line-jumpers in a place like Disney and then tell me you'd wait 8 years to be heard on an application request.
he application-fee-based system USCIS is using rewards inefficiency.
USCIS requests for an increase in application fees are based to a great extent on how much time is being spent on processing the various applications it adjudicates. The more time it takes to adjudicate the applications, the higher the fees USCIS can charge. The higher the fees, the more money the agency will have to meet its budgetary needs.
Conversely, if USCIS reduces the time it takes to do the applications by becoming more efficient, the fees will be lower and the agency will have less money for meeting its budgetary needs.
The Hill
This all in a new report just published by the organization. Take a look at line-jumpers in a place like Disney and then tell me you'd wait 8 years to be heard on an application request.
