http://www.workpermit.com/news/2005_01_28/us/green_card_backlogs_still_choking_us_immigration.htm
"Despite US Government promises to speed things up, thousands of people are still waiting for US immigration visas, often for years, reports the newspaper USA Today.
By some estimates there are over 600,000 foreigners with family members in the US waiting for their green cards, which would let them live and work permanently in America. Last spring the US Citizenship and Immigration Services started a campaign to clear all backlogged immigration applications including green cards, which had risen to 6 million in 2003."
