AAPI congressmembers demand Biden admin take action on visa backlog
Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging immediate action to address the growing visa backlog, which particularly affects the Asian American community. The backlog: With over one-third of the 4 million people in the family-based immigration backlog hailing from Asia, lawmakers stressed the need for immigration system reform. The members of the CAPAC, led by Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), called on Biden to reallocate unused visa spots from the past two decades to family and employment-based cate...