The Hidden Reality of US Immigration Wait Times
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The US immigration system processes over one million people legally every year. Yet the average
wait time for a family visa from Mexico is now 23 years. Naturalized citizens who
followed every rule are watching their own children age out. In 1965,
the Hart Celler Act promised to end quotas, but it created punishing per country
limits. A software engineer from India waits 195 years for a green card
today. The twist? Ellis Island once processed twelve million immigrants with same
day approvals. The solution is updating our 1960s system with 21st century technology and
legal pathways. It is time for policy to finally catch up with the reality
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