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TexasTowelie

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Mon May 13, 2019, 06:48 PM May 2019

Rep. Joaquin Castro Calls for Federal Investigation of Immigration Backlog Under Trump Administratio

Rep. Joaquin Castro Calls for Federal Investigation of Immigration Backlog Under Trump Administration


More than 80 members of Congress signed onto a letter by San Antonio U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro asking for a Government Accountability Office probe into the Trump administration's record backlog of immigration cases.

“Processing delays for applications and immigration benefits have reached crisis levels and these delays are hurting families and businesses that depend on timely adjudications,” wrote Castro, chairman of the Hispanic Caucus, and the other lawmakers.

Calling the United States' 2.3 million-case backlog for the 2017 fiscal year “unprecedented,” the letter points out that the only recent time with a similar waiting list was directly after the September 11, 2011 terror attacks.

The letter takes aim at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which the signers accused of moving on cases at a slower pace than in years past.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2019/05/13/rep-joaquin-castro-calls-for-federal-investigation-of-immigration-backlog-under-trump-administration
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Rep. Joaquin Castro Calls for Federal Investigation of Immigration Backlog Under Trump Administratio (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
Keep piling on gratuitous May 2019 #1
"He shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" is not optional struggle4progress May 2019 #2

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1. Keep piling on
Mon May 13, 2019, 06:49 PM
May 2019

Make this phony administration answer for its shenanigans and failure to do its constitutionally-mandated duties.

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