Why the door was about to open

Why the door was about to open, sited from other commentations

(1) From 2007 Ombudsmans Report you know that as of May 2007, about 40K EB visas would be wasted (see p. 33).

(2) Also from 2007 Ombudsmans Report that only about 37% of pending applications get through the name check in less than

3 months (see table on p. 38). Starting July 2007 they only have 3 months before the fiscal year ends on Sept 30, 2007.

(3) So in order to use up those 40K EB visas with new applications, they would need a huge number of new applications to hit

(at least 108K) so that enough of them get through to the end.

But why the door suddenly slammed to close?