The bill, called the HR6542 Act, aims to address the long-standing backlog of green card applicants, especially from countries like India and China
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US Representative Pramila Jayapal along with Rep. Rich McCormick and Rep. Raja Krishnamo, introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives that would eliminate the per-country caps on employment-based green cards. It will also increase the family-based green card limit. The bill is called the HR6542 Act. It aims to address the long-standing backlog of green card applicants, especially from countries like India and China.
“Proud to help lead this important bipartisan bill with @RepMcCormick & @CongressmanRaja to improve our immigrant visa system and ease the harsh effects of the immigrant visa backlog,” with a tagged post from Immigration Voice saying, “introducing H.R.6542 – the Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security Act. We look forward to visiting the Hill next week to create awareness on why this critical bipartisan bill is necessary to pass this Congress,” Jayapal posted on X.
The bill has received support from various immigration advocacy groups, such as Immigration Voice, which tweeted that the bill would “provide relief to over 1.2 million high-skilled immigrants stuck in the green card backlog, some of whom will otherwise have to wait 134 years to receive their green cards.”
