§ 298. Immigration functions
(a)
Annual report
(1)
In general
One year after November 25, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate, on the impact the transfers made by this part has had on immigration functions.
(2)
Matter included
The report shall address the following with respect to the period covered by the report:
(A)
The aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed, by the Department.
(B)
Region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of immigration applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type.
(C)
The quantity of backlogged immigration applications and petitions that have been processed, the aggregate number awaiting processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating the backlog.
(D)
The average processing period for immigration applications and petitions, disaggregated by application or petition type.
(E)
The number and types of immigration-related grievances filed with any official of the Department of Justice, and if those grievances were resolved.
(b)
Sense of Congress regarding immigration services
It is the sense of Congress that—