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| https://ross.house.gov/2021/9/representatives-ross-krishnamoorthi-manning-lead-colleagues-calling-fix | Representatives Ross, Krishnamoorthi, Manning Lead Colleagues In Calling For Fix to Employment-Based Green Card Backlog In Reconciliation Package | 2021-09-03 | 2021 | 2021-09 | Democrat | House | NC | Deborah K. Ross | R000305 | ross.house.gov | ross | https://ross.house.gov/press-releases | scraper | Washington, DC – Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Kathy Manning (NC-04) led a coalition of 40 colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting that the budget reconciliation package provide relief to the 1.2 million individuals stuck in the employment-based green card backlog. Under the current system, no more than 7% of employment-based green cards are available to individuals from a single country. As a result, individuals from countries with large populations -- such as India and China -- face decades-long wait times to achieve lawful permanent resident status, prohibiting millions of people who contribute significantly to America’s economy from permanently calling the country home. The letter read in part: “Failure to provide a path to lawful permanent residence for the 1.2 million people in the employment-based green card backlog, most of whom are H-1B visa holders, would be tantamount to staging an economic recovery with one hand tied behind our back. Permanently relegating H-1B holders to nonimmigrant status while China, Russia, and other major powers are ascendant on the world stage – and hungry to be home to the innovators of the 21st century – is simply nonsensical. This can and must be addressed in the budget reconciliation package currently under negotiation.” Congresswoman Ross previously introduced the bipartisan America’s CHILDREN Act with Representatives Krishnamoorthi, Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), and Young Kim (CA-39). She also led 22 of her House colleagues in urging Congressional leadership to include a permanent path to residency for all Dreamers, including Documented Dreamers, in the budget reconciliation package. A copy of the letter is available here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T20:17:01Z |