The current immigration backlog

Michelle Malkin:

Over the last several years, I've noted the following immigration backlogs that continue to plague our homeland security system:

*The backlog of 600,000-plus fugitive deportee cases.

*The backlog of 4 million immigration applications of all kinds.

*The backlog of an estimated 100,000 FBI background checks for legal immigrant applicants.

*The disappearance of 111,000 citizenship applications.

The Washington Post reports today that those mounds of unprocessed paperwork continue to grow. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came here legally are waiting for FBI background checks that must be obtained before they can become naturalized:

Since 2005, the backlog of legal U.S. immigrants whose applications for naturalization and other benefits are stuck on hold awaiting FBI name checks has doubled to 329,160...

That's right. The FBI name check backlog stands at nearly 330,000 cases.

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There is more.

So how does the current legislation resolve this problem. The government is given 24 hours to do background checks on 12 plus million people who are here illegally. The "good news" for the government is they no longer have to look for the 600,000 absconders. As for the four million backlog of applications, these people would have been better off coming here illegally.