Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation 63.7%
NPR - By Ximena Bustillo, Anusha Mathur - 4/17/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 29.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23.2% - Appeal to Emotion 17.6%
Growing backlog in immigration applications, NPR analysis shows An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass. Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation more