Yes.
We're basically looking at over 10 years if we keep approving the numbers as they are. I will tell you that my staff and I hear heartrending cases daily about people who've applied for their parents. They're waiting for them to come over. Ten years is a very long time.
I was interested in the line of questioning earlier about input, throughput, and output. I realize that there are these caps at the output stage, but you can only bring so many. Surely, because we've allowed this backlog to develop for one reason or another, there is another way to look at it; that is, to increase the number and accelerate the processing so that we can get this under control.
Is that not one option, to actually have additional staff, process the backlog, and get that done by removing that finite cap of 18,000? Is that one option?