Unfortunately, we are in the same boat as you and
@gruss . We are stressed about the Chicago field office because we have not received any updates, either for our own cases or others' waiting cases. I don't know why they are delaying the DV cases this year.
We previously asked Senator Duckworth for assistance on 4/17/2024. I then received a second RFE on 5/8/2024, which was dated 05/02/2024. They only asked about my I-20 forms because they couldn't find them in their records. I responded to it the next day, and I delivered the RFE response by hand to the USCIS local office on 5/9/2024.
On 6/4/2024, we inquired through Emma and received an email on 6/7/2024 from the USCIS local office stating that the case was processing normally and that nothing was outstanding.
On 6/25/2024, I contacted Congressman Danny K. Davis about our situation, but we have not received a response yet.
On 7/2/2024, we both made an e-request stating that our cases were outside the processing time. We have not yet received any response to this inquiry.