The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services completed an unprecedented 10 million immigration cases in fiscal 2023, reducing its backlog for the first time in over a decade, according to a newly released end of fiscal year 2023 report.
"We've completed a record number of cases, responded to emerging crises around the globe with essential humanitarian relief, and applied innovative solutions to improve customer experience and reduce backlogs," USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou said of the milestone.
In fiscal 2023, USCIS received 10.9 million filings and completed more than 10 million pending cases, both record-breaking numbers, reducing its overall backlog by 15 percent, according to the report.
In response to what USCIS says is "The greatest displacement of people since World War II," its staff interviewed more than 100,000 refugee applicants, more than double the number completed in fiscal 2022, according to the report.
Of the nearly 4 million illegal border crossers reported in fiscal 2023, USCIS staff completed a record-breaking 146,000 credible fear and reasonable fear screenings of illegal foreign nationals arriving at the border.
Through the end of fiscal 2023, more than 150,000 Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members entered the U.S. through the program, USCIS says.
In fiscal 2024, USCIS is expediting processing times for illegal foreign nationals using the CBP One mobile app, proposed new rules to modernize the H-1B application process, and called on Congress to allocate additional funding to hire more personnel to expedite processing of illegal foreign nationals into the country.
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