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The United States House of Representatives has passed a Bill with a thumbing majority to remove the country-limit on employment-based Green Cards that has sent hundreds of thousands of highly-skilled Indian into a waiting line that could theoretically last 100 or more years. The Fairness for High-skilled Immigrants Act, 2019 or HR 1044 passed 365-65 in the 435-member House, reflecting the overwhelming bipartisan support for the plight of those impacted by the country-limit, essentially Indian professionals who came here on H-1B or transferred to it after completing their studies. But the US senate needs to pass the same bill, or a version of it, before it goes to the president`s desk for enactment, removing the country-cap that mandates only 7% of the annual 140,000 Green Cards can go to nationals of any one country. At present, the president`s assent looks easy. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican, has put a hold on the bill, which was introduced for passage under a parliamentary procedure that would have fast-tracked it. Supporters and advocates of the Bill have said all the other 99 members of the 100-member chamber were on board. However, there was reason for them to cheer.
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