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Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers. There’s suddenly a nearly five-year wait for green cards for religious workers, meaning most of those now here on temporary visas won’t be able to stay long enough to get one. That’s because this spring, the State Department started counting in their green card queue also the growing number of visa applications by vulnerable minors from Central America who crossed into the U.S. illegally. Attorneys say faith lead...

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers. There’s suddenly a nearly five-year wait for green cards for religious workers, meaning most of those now here on temporary visas won’t be able to stay long enough to get one. That’s because this spring, the State Department started counting in their green card queue also the growing number of visa applications by vulnerable minors from Central America who crossed into the U.S. illegally. Attorneys say faith lead...

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers. There’s suddenly a nearly five-year wait for green cards for religious workers, meaning most of those now here on temporary visas won’t be able to stay long enough to get one. That’s because this spring, the State Department started counting in their green card queue also the growing number of visa applications by vulnerable minors from Central America who crossed into the U.S. illegally. Attorneys say faith lead...

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers. There’s suddenly a nearly

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — This change means that only applications filed before January 2019 are currently being processed, giving clergy with expiring visas no option but to leave their U.S. congregations behind.