People who are here legally seeking residency or citizenship are prevented from renewing work or travel documents while awaiting the okay from the FBI. Those receiving Social Security face termination of their benefits if they dont become citizens within 7 years. even though their citizenship applications cannot be processed while awaiting the FBI report. Last year. the committee included report language directing the FBI to conduct a review of the fee structure for background checks done for the Immigration Service. As far as I know. the FBI has yet to send this review to Congress. This year the committee report says it "expects the FBI to work with these agencies to ensure that sufficient resources are made available to eliminate the backlog as soon as possible." "The committee expects the FBI to set the Name Check fee at a level that adequately covers the cost to conduct requested background checks." This is not an adequate fix to this problem.
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