Their records were locked in caves during the pandemic. Now they say an 'unreasonable delay' is still stalling their citizenship applications
Both locations are on track to eliminate the backlog by the end of July, the National Archives said. Earlier this year, the situation drew concern from Massachusetts' congressional delegation, which sent a letter to the National Archives in February. Why these caves are used for storageLimestone caves in the Kansas City area have been used to store immigration records for years. USCIS opened its National Records Center in a cave in Lee's Summit, Missouri, in 1999. A stack in the Federal Records Center in Lenexa, Kansas, one of three National Archives facilities in caves in the Kansas City area that store immigration records.
Source: CNN June 14, 2022 02:15 UTC
