12,500 rule
What he most likely means by that is that they (the DOJ) will have a screening program set up for foreigners (resident aliens). However, they where supposed to have that program in place about a year ago. When they didn't, they said they would have it in place a couple of month later.......! Obviously they are dragging their feet and I do not expect that they will honour their promise (Marh 10th) this time around. The only way to go around this is to become a US citizen.
Regards,
Onno