Processing times for I-130 reaching 15.5 months

I have seen several recent posts to this forum commenting that due to undefined “workload factors” USCIS is processing immigration documents at an unprecedentedly slow rate, with US citizens waiting over 15 months just to have their marriage RECOGNIZED by the government and begin the visa process.

At what stage does this become a civil rights issue for US citizens? You are having to amend, adjust and put on hold your lives for years for the sin of marrying outside of your country.

Where is the congressional action on this? Where are the elected representatives standing up for their constituents with foreign spouses who are trying to follow the law and do the right thing, and being punished for it with this interminable and opaque process?