Yeah, it's about 7 years just to get an interview. This American Life had a crushing story this week of 13 foreign exchange students from Gaza that can't go back to their country. 1 has extended family in Michigan and is staying with them. She's 16 and will be 23 when she gets an asylum interview.Of which we currently have a 10 year backlog,... the nation is drowning in lying "asylum" seekers..