Durbin proposed his own bill, the Relief Act, which eliminates the country quotas but raises the number of employment and family-based green cards. Families are a significant element of the backlog because spouses and children of green card applicants count toward the annual cap of 140,000 employment green cards. “You can’t add one green card now under Trump.”ADIndians need a solution now, Kapoor said. “The employment-based green card system was developed to help employers find workers,” said Scott Corley, Compete America’s executive director. Vemuri’s success in the United States has no impact on his chances of obtaining a green card.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2019 18:42 UTC