In our fiscal year 1986 budget, overall government program spending will be frozen at the current level.

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Recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor show the number of positions requested through the visa program grew in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2012 by 8% from a year earlier to 74, 889.

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The program has been plagued by delays and is far from its goal of resettling 12, 000 Iraqis this fiscal year.

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