NEW: Seven Republican senators offer a rare rebuke of the Trump administration for the State Department's 'slow and inefficient policy' to process passports and its 'unacceptable' and 'inadequate' response to the challenge presented by the pandemic.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP, FILErestrictions closing U.S. embassies, consulates, and passport offices, there is now a backlog of over 1.6 million Americans waiting for their passport applications to be processed, according to a State Department report obtained by ABC News.
"This is ridiculous and cannot continue," said Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., who spearheaded the letter. In a series of tweets last week, he accused the agency of"a major fumble [that] will hinder our economic recovery."The backlog has built up in just 10 weeks since the agency severely curtailed passport services on March 19 to only"life-or-death emergencies.
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