Comprehensive immigration reform is important not only to attract the best global talent but also to retain them who are already in the US but stuck in the green card backlog, representatives of the American tech industry, including Microsoft, have told lawmakers. Professionals from India currently have the longest waiting period for Green Card, running into decades, because of the country quota for employment-based categories. A legislation supported by the Biden administration seeks to remove the country cap on employment-based Green Card, a move that has been welcomed by the US tech industry. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. If…American global companies are our greatest asset…let’s have American companies working closely across all those boundaries.

Source: Indian Express February 25, 2021 05:03 UTC