Citizenship Backlog Could Thwart Would-Be Voters - “We see the government denying ” immigration “cases left and right.”

As the federal citizenship agency and the FBI say they are picking up the pace to eliminate a backlog of citizenship applications, immigrants anticipating decisions on petitions they filed months, and in many cases years, earlier shouldn’t necessarily be resting easier.

Some lawyers who handle naturalization cases say U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudicators appear to be more eager to reject citizenship applications of late, meaning some of those aiming to be citizens in time to vote in the presidential elections in November may find themselves left out.

“We expect that a lot of people will be disappointed,” a partner at the immigration law firm Wildes & Weinberg, Matthew Wildes, said. “We see the government denying cases left and right.”"*

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