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USCIS · Staffing and backlog · Request IRW-042

The push to clear the FOIA backlog before June 15, 2026

This request asks for instructions, staffing plans and progress trackers tied to a goal of clearing the FOIA backlog before a June 15, 2026 court declaration. It also asks about a group of roughly 682 fiscal year 2025 cases (Track 2 requests for agency records) that were targeted for completion from April 1 to June 30, 2026.

Why it matters
The records would show what the agency directed and tracked in the months before a June 15, 2026 court declaration.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

Extension invoked
USCIS told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISOct 6, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-34
All records concerning the operational goal described as 'near zero backlog for all FOIA' (or similar) in advance of a June 15, 2026 declaration, including directives, staffing plans, progress trackers, and records concerning the cohort of roughly 682 fiscal year 2025 Track 2 agency-records cases targeted for completion, April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026.
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