Read more about Bill to remove per country cap on Green Card introduced in US Congress on Business Standard. A bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to eliminate the per country cap on employment-based Green Card
The legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman John Curtis. A bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the per country cap on employment-based Green Card, a move which is likely to benefit Indian IT professionals languishing over decades of waiting for the Permanent Resident Card.
The legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman John Curtis.
The Equal Access to green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act, 2021 needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be sent to the White House for the President to sign it into a law.
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February 20, 2021 10:12 IST
The bill creates an earned roadmap to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants, providing dreamers, TPS holders, and some farmworkers with an expedited three-year path to citizenship, and giving all other undocumented immigrants an eight-year path.
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The bill was hailed as a historic piece of legislation that proposes a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants. | Photo Credit:
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The bill creates an earned roadmap to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants, providing dreamers, TPS holders, and some farmworkers with an expedited three-year path to citizenship, and giving all other undocumented immigrants an eight-year path.
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