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FBI Name Checks Stall Immigration

Program still understaffed 6 years after 9/11; would-be citizens frustrated

By Evelyn Renold,  Newser User

Posted Jun 27, 2007 4:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – Bureaucratic bottlenecks are causing such long delays for prospective citizens, reports the Houston Chronicle, that hundreds of frustrated immigrants are now suing the federal government to try to speed up their background checks. Immigration Service figures show that about 16% of cases—over 51,000...   Read full story »

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