US Immigration from Wales

https://www.immigration.net/2023/06/15/the-coming-apocalypse-for-employment-based-immigrants/

The math gets us to the hard truth, there are will shortly be an additional 710,257 pending EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa applicants waiting for visa availability (not including any EB-2 NIW direct filings. Added to the current number that means we have over 1,800,000 million people in our EB-2 and EB-3 employment categories, many of whom are already working in the US, whose US employers have proved they are not taking jobs from US Citizens, or are persons whose immigration is in the National Interest. Even if we lifted the per country limit, the wait translates to a 20 year wait for everyone filing a prevailing wage today, with tens of thousands more being added each year.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/07/eu-states-migrants-plans-luxembourg-meeting

I can only imagine how well this will go down, perhaps it will give Joe ideas?

https://thehill.com/homenews/4036416-watch-live-homeland-security-ig-testifies-on-staff-shortages-at-the-border/

The House Oversight subcommittee overseeing national security is hearing from Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari on Tuesday about the personnel needs of Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Cuffari s testimony, released in advance, discusses the recent, massive increase in interactions involving these agencies in the Southwest border area, from under 1 million in fiscal year 2019 to some 2.4 million in fiscal year 2022.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/28/an-immigrant-was-told-he-could-visit-home-he-was-arrested-at-the-airport?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I thought this was an interesting case.

It appears he applied for DACA on the basis of being abused by his presumably US born son.

Obtained AP

Travelled on that AP

Case was rejected at some point before he returned.

He was able to board his Plane but refused entry.

Not sure how the U Visa comes into play. that was not explained.