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Lawmakers Criticize Immigration Backlog

Associated Press reports that "A deluge of immigration applications in the months preceding a filing fee increase last year should have been foreseen, lawmakers on Thursday told Bush administration officials. Previous increases in immigration application fees have been preceded by spikes in applications, said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif. Application increases have also been seen in years before elections because people want to vote, she said. Some 1.4 million people applied for naturalization in the 2007 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30."

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