{
  "id": 18307339,
  "title": "Map Shows US Green Card Backlog by State As Tally Hits 1.5 Million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/map-shows-us-green-card-backlog-by-state-as-tally-hits-1-5-million",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T13:05:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-us-green-card-backlog-by-state-as-tally-hits-1-5-million-12669592"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United States green card backlog reached 1.5 million pending applications as of June 30, 2026, according to data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Florida had the largest concentration of pending applications, with 265,495 cases spread across nine USCIS field offices, followed by Texas with 140,743 cases. California also had a significant number of pending applications, with 161,398 cases. The backlog is largely composed of humanitarian and family-based applications, accounting for over 80% of the total pending cases.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}