Biden to fix Immigration, expedite Green Cards |
US President Joe Biden is eager that the U.S. Congress quickly fix the country`s immigration system, expedite Green Cards and remove the per country quota system. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on 24th March that the legislation proposed to Congress in February is ambitions but necessary. The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 proposes a pathway to citizenship to 11 million undocumented workers, elimination of per country quota for employment-based green cards and work authorisation for dependents of H-1B foreign workers. Psaki told reporters “The President...believes that there should be faster processing, that our immigration system is broken at many levels and that he is eager for Congress to move forward with action there,”. She was responding to a question on the recent protest by Indian-American doctors who are seeking the elimination of the existing per-country quota for Green Card, which has created a huge backlog for Indians. Thus, it takes several decades to get the Green Card. The bicameral immigration bill, if passed by both the chambers of the Congress - House of Representatives and the Senate - and signed into law by President Joe Biden would bring citizenship to millions of foreign nationals, including undocumented workers and those who came to the country legally. The legislation would also benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian IT professionals and their families. The Biden administration has taken several steps to address the problems related to legal immigrants. The Citizenship Bill sent by the White House to Congress includes providing new funding to the state and local governments, private organisations, educational institutions, community-based organisations, and not-for-profit organisations to expand programmes to promote integration and inclusion, increase English-language instruction, and provide assistance to individuals seeking to become citizens.
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