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Associate Director, U.S. Immigration @MigrationPolicy. PhD in Sociology, a sometimes Demographer. Avid data user. Views are my own.

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The gutting of the Post Metro section was such an important dynamic in this race.

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New USCIS data covering April 2026 show an ongoing HUGE slowdown of naturalization application processing. The average processing time is now 9.5 months(!) And over 400,000 cases have been pending >6 months. https://t.co/YFz712VeqY

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On the 14th anniversary of DACA, a sad milestone: The number of active DACA holders has fallen below 500,000 for the first time since at least fall 2017. As of 12/31/25, just 495,320 people had DACA.