The U.S. green card backlog has reached 1.2 million applicants, with Indian nationals facing unprecedented wait times due to federal immigration caps.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Indians seeking U.S. green cards now face wait times as long as 179 years due to federal caps on annual green card issuances and country-specific limits. The backlog has reached 1.2 million applicants, with countries like India and China experiencing the longest delays.
📺 DETAIL: U.S. immigration law limits green card issuances to 140,000 annually, with no more than seven percent allocated to any single country. This disproportionately affects applicants from populous nations like India and China, who can face decades-long wait times for approval. For Indian nationals with EB-2 status (advanced degree professionals), the wait time is estimated at 179 years, while Chinese applicants face waits of 25 years. In contrast, workers from the Philippines often wait only a few months.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We don’t need these tech workers. These employment visa programs that have led to this logjam have negatively impacted American innovation and inventiveness. … If you don’t want to be in that backlog, don’t come to the United States, don’t participate.” – Kevin Lynn, executive director of the Institute for Sound Policy
📺 FLASHBACK: The Trump administration’s immigration policies, including caps on H-1B visas and proposed fee increases, have tightened up the legal immigration process. Democrat politicians in Congress and elsewhere have been pushing back against the changes, despite their positive impact on the American workers whose value and bargaining power are reduced by large inflows of immigrant workers.
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