Despite Republicans political hammer against immigration?
It WILL contiue as it has FOREVER….
America is NEVER going to change it’s policy on this….
But immigration IS a lifeblood….
Actual LEGAL numbers this high IS a GOOD thing…..
President Biden has pushed this….
Nearly a million immigrant adults were naturalized as American citizens in fiscal year 2022, the third-highest annual tally recorded in U.S. history, according to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) report obtained by CBS News.
In the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, 967,400 adults swore the oath of allegiance at naturalization ceremonies across the country, the USCIS figures show. When taking into account cases of children who derived citizenship from their U.S.-citizen parents and other naturalization cases, a total of 1,023,200 immigrants became U.S. citizens in fiscal year 2022.
The number of adult immigrants who became U.S. citizens was only greater in 1996 and 2008, when 1,040,991 and 1,046,539 adults were naturalized, respectively, historical government statistics show….
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The 14-year high in naturalizations comes a year after President Biden directed federal agencies to promote naturalizations by eliminating bureaucratic barriers in the citizenship process, speeding up case adjudications and developing a government-wide strategy to encourage eligible immigrants to become citizens….
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In its fiscal year 2022 progress report, USCIS noted it processed a record high 275,111 employment-based green cards alongside the State Department, which reviews overseas visa requests. It also implemented a rule to provide relief to immigrants affected by the work permit delays by extending the period of automatic work authorization extensions for those applying for a renewal.
Beyond the case backlogs, USCIS has also recently struggled to shore up its finances. The predominantly fee-funded agency faced financial collapse at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a temporary but sharp drop in applications and the suspension of in-person interviews and other services. While USCIS was able to avert mass furloughs, it implemented a hiring freeze that was only lifted in March 2021….
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In fiscal year 2023, USCIS is expected to issue a rule to raise application fees for certain programs, allow more immigrants to pay extra fees to have their cases reviewed more expeditiously and make additional applications online-based, as opposed to the paper and mail model the agency has relied on for decades, according to Jaddou and Wednesday’s report….