Forbes: Employment-Based Immigration Backlog Exceeds 1.2 Million PeopleTRAC: Asylum Denials Rise to 94% Amid the Remaking of the Immigration Court
Forbes reports that the U.S. employment-based immigration backlog now exceeds 1.2 million people, with particularly lengthy waits for nationals of India, China, and the Philippines due in part to per-country limits. Citing estimates from the National Foundation for American Policy, the analysis projects potential waits of up to 179 years for Indian nationals in EB-2 and 38 years in EB-3 for cases filed in 2026.