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Advocating fairness for Americans-in-waiting, high skilled immigrant families. #EndGCBacklog #H4EAD #H4Dreamers #StampInAmerica

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USCIS requested public input in identifying barriers across USCIS benefits and services. We have submitted the following comments:
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@realDonaldTrump Thank you, @realDonaldTrump ! Looking forward to the changes. There are around 300k H1-B holders who have been in the United States for 10+ yrs with approved #immigrant petitions, & several contributions to economy & society. But, no pathway to citizenship. Only 150-years wait.
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way! #S386 finally passes the senate!! Congratulations everyone! We did it!!!
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Story of many Indian born high-skilled immigrant stuck in 200+ years green card backlog due to discriminatory country caps in EB category. @SenMikeLee @SenRickScott @SenTomCotton @senatemajldr @RepZoeLofgren @SenatorDurbin @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @sendavidperdue #S386
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In addition to friends & family, this #Thanksgiving , we are #thankful to the 300 cosponsors of #HR392 , led by @RepKevinYoder @SpeakerRyan #TimeisNow to pass this bill. Help us help you put #America back to work! We are ready to #innovate , #create #AmericanJobs .
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Grateful to the backlogged community from Florida, Fremont, and Sacramento who came out to voice issue of #equality and support for #S386 . Hope . @SenRickScott will #UnblockS386 and work with @SenMikeLee to #PassS386 . #ImmigrantsMatter
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What no other previous administration could do, @realDonaldTrump has done it! You have answered our #100KLetters4Fairness campaign to clear the High-Skilled #immigration backlog. Thanks to you, @senorrinhatch , @sendavidperdue & @SenTomCotton #ImmigrationInnovation @FoxNews
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If #HR1044 / #S386 fails to pass this congress it will a collective failure of @HouseDemocrats and @SenateGOP ! Year after year we only see excuses of not doing something on immigration. It will be a shame if this opportunity is lost! @RepZoeLofgren @SenMikeLee @SenRickScott
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This morning the amendments to be filed by our champion @senorrinhatch will be removal of per country cap in EB category, Adustment of Status for those with approved I-140 and few others. Looking forward to the text as it becomes available.
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Such a shame that @SenRickScott would propose absolutely outlandish amendment to derail passage of #S386 . Carve out based on language in EB is as insane as country caps to begin with. We wholeheartedly commend @SenatorDurbin in reaching agreement with @SenMikeLee on #S386
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SIIA and 20 other organizations have reached out to all 535 Congress offices requesting them to act upon ending country of birth discrimination. If you know an org who will support, please reach out with a copy of this letter & request to sign. Let's get it done! #HR1044 #S386
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Support for #HR1044 & #S386 has been unprecedented with now more than 30 organizations signing the letter requesting passage of this bill! It will be a shame if congress loses this opportunity in spite of such a huge bipartisan support! @RepZoeLofgren @SenRickScott @SenMikeLee
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Thank you @WLNS to help raise our voice against unfair country caps. #S386 does not increase green cards, will enable first come first policy and will protect #H4kids from deportation. Remove your hold @SenatorDurbin from #S386 #H4kidsMatter @SenMikeLee
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Absolutely disheartening to see these theatrical tactics by @SenatorDurbin to block #S386 . And equally impressive counter arguments in support of #S386 by @SenMikeLee @SenatorDurbin find reasons and will to #PassS386 and not excuses to keep blocking it
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@tim_cook Thank you @tim_cook for endorsing #S386 . Country of origin didn’t matter in hiring decisions of these great American companies and should not matter in employment based green allocation either. 100+ years wait for someone just because he/she is born in India is discrimination!
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Continuous protest across the country against @SenatorDurbin who is blocking #S386 . Here are some shots from Michigan Backlog Team skilled immigrants. Please work with @SenMikeLee to pass #S386 .   #MiS386Rally #S386 #DurbinLiesImmigrantsDie
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With 100% votes in senate & 80% votes in House, passing a common version of #HR1044 #S386 now will prove 2 things: 1. @SenateGOP @HouseDemocrats care for equality, fairness, Americans, immigrants & kids! 2. Congress can still be functional! @RepZoeLofgren @SenMikeLee @SenRickScott
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Thank you @SenTomCotton for highlighting EB greencard backlog and country caps impacting legal highskilled immigrants. We sincerely hope congress works on a solution to clear EB greencard backlog and keep this as priority in their immigration proposals.
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We are very grateful to @CongressmanRaja for support. And sincerely hope that @SenatorDurbin and rest of the @DNC lawmakers suppert the common sense bill #S386 to remove #PerCountryCaps from #employmentbased #greencards #YESS386 @SenKamalaHarris @SenMikeLee @SenSchumer
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Shoutout for SIIA team members who visited the offices of OMB and OIRA on #IWD2019 and presented the strong case against the proposed repeal of H4-EAD. Documented evidences of Real-life examples, testimonies, contributions to US communities and economy were submitted. #SaveH4EAD
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We strongly encourage all immigrants stuck in EB backlog to reach out to their respective employers and ask them to ban any immigrant lawyer who opposes #S386 .This should start with @ckuck . Those who want to profit from our misery do not deserve any business from us. @AILANational
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Will congress succumb to the pressure from lobbyists, immigration liars & privileged who get green cards faster just because they were born in certain country or will they act to end discrimination based on country of birth for everyone! ⁦ @RepZoeLofgren ⁩ ⁦ @SenMikeLee
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Snail paced VB not moving ahead even for a day for EB2, #indiaborn #SkilledImmigrants in 150 yr #gcbacklog from Nebraska demonstrates another successful rally to support #S386 which is blocked by @SenatorDurbin ,pls work with @SenMikeLee to remove hold from #S386 .Thx Nebraska Team
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Another #WalkOfEquality now at Schaumburg, IL. Thanks @IIFImmigration for arranging another of this great event in record amount of time. @SenatorDurbin please support #S386 along with your colleagues. @SenKamalaHarris @SenSchumer @SenMikeLee @senatemajldr #YESS386
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Lot of lies has been spread by opponents of #S386 but the fact is that #S386 intends to bring much needed fairness in US immigration laws. Here is another great video explaining what #S386 is all about. Do share. @SenMikeLee @SenatorDurbin @SenTomCotton
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We are excited to share that MA Congresswoman @ayannapressley has cosponsored #HR1044 . We thank Congresswoman for hearing out the problems of those in the #GreenCardBacklog #S386 @RepZoeLofgren @RepKenBuck @SenKamalaHarris @SenMikeLee
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Thank you @ChuckGrassley for sharing your views on immigration reforms and listening to our stories. We sincerely look forward to your support in ending plights of high-skilled immigrants. #siiaadvocacy #Isquared #7MonthsVS70Years @senorrinhatch
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Thank you @SenatorMenendez and @SenBooker for listening patiently to the concerns of high-skilled immigrants from New Jersey and sharing your thoughts. We hope congress works on clearing the backlog soon. #SIIAadvocacy #7MonthsVS70Years #Isquared
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Our immigration system is broken. No one denies it. @CoryBooker & I spoke to NJans today who are…
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We are very grateful for your support @rennerformayor . Hope @SenatorDurbin supports #S386 bill to make #greencards #FirstComeFirstServe & remove discrimination based on Nationality. #indiaborn #skilledimmigrants are #citizensinwaiting with #ApprovedGreencardPetition for decades.
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Excellent video busting all the lies and myths spread by organizations and individuals opposing #S386 . Fact is that they are putting their own selfish interests ahead of what is right for America. Please share this video widely. @SenatorDurbin @SenMikeLee
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Thanks @RepKevinYoder for a warm welcome & gr8 talk with @siia_us members today! A #beaconofhope for ppl suffering #7MonthsVs70Years backlog
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“When Durbin killed the Fairness Act, the immigrants in our green card backlogs were essentially told to get out of the country. I can’t help but think about the killer who shot my husband in hatred, yelling “get out of my country.” @SenatorDurbin #S386
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America's loss, India's gain! Sorry to see you go, @pranav_singh_MD . Happy that you are going to be home and can work with dignity while saving hundreds/thousands of lives. #WhatWillItTake for #Congress to notice these hardworking #Immigrant lives in US? #S386 @SenMikeLee
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We sincerely thank @RepLoriTrahan for supporting #HighSkilledImmigrants by cosponsoring #HR1044 . Please thank her in person at her upcoming town hall meeting on Saturday, March 23rd at 9:00. Parker Middle School, 75 Graniteville Road, Chelmsford, MA
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The Biden administration proposes high skilled immigration reform including - Recapture unused GCs - Work permits for children of H1Bs -Exempt dependents We have long advocated for these reforms and we urge the Biden administration to push for these legislative reforms.
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One of our member @PKorlepara has been working tirelessly with senator office & rewarded with cosponsorship. Sincerely Thank @SenatorBraun of IN for cosponsorring #S386 . #FridayforFuture #GCbacklog #IdeasofMarch . @SenKamalaHarris @SenMikeLee
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No developed country in the world put country caps on skills based immigration! Country of birth is not a skill! Equality first! Discriminatory country caps must go! Choose progress over perfection to fix broken immigration system! @RepZoeLofgren @SenMikeLee @SenRickScott #HR1044
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Facts about #HR392 : FIFO is not discriminatory. Diversity is a weak excuse as it gives GCs to applicants already living and working in US. Does not INCREASE H1Bs or Green Cards. Not passing #HR392 does not promote diversity, it only promotes indentured servitude! Know the Facts!
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Meet @mansimthr who believes in the old adage - when you educate a woman, you educate a family. With a degree in Architecture and an MBA she last headed the HRD of an IT start-up. Her dreams are on the verge of shattering. #SaveH4EAD #InternationalWomenDay2019 Video - 1
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Thank you members across the nation & for ur leadership @RepKevinYoder #TimeisNow to #EndDiscrimination #7monthsvs70years Like & RT
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Canada, AUS has 60% merit based #immigration . US has 8% leading to 70+ year Green Card backlog. How will this be solved? #TuckerAskPOTUS
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A big shout out to every man, woman and kid out here in D.C.! Good luck! Let’s make the day count! Let’s make it happen! #Isquared #SIIAadvocacy #H4Dreamers #7MonthsVS70Years #H4EAD @senorrinhatch @realDonaldTrump @SenTomCotton @sendavidperdue @JohnCornyn @SpeakerRyan
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“S. 386 is also ‘number neutral’, meaning it does not increase the number of visas, H-1B or otherwise in anyway, & under no circumstances will it become a vehicle for increasing overall immigration levels" excellent article Thx @zofeenmaqsood #YESS386
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On behalf of entire high-skilled community we thank our champion @RepKevinYoder for adding ‘removal of per country caps’ as amendment to the appropriations bill. #HR392
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1/7 When these @SenateGOP and @HouseDemocrats go home for Christmas break they will be looking forward to having some good time with family, meanwhile, there will be who kids will be aging out, families who will be separated and discrimination based on country of birth continues!
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Every day we hear such sad news only one name comes to mind, @SenatorDurbin . Imagine the plight of wife who just lost her husband, have to sell all her belongings, deport herself along with her unborn child in few weeks. Such a shame! #S386 @SenMikeLee
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Congratulations and Best wishes to @AliMayorkas We keep our hopes alive that you will be the one to ultimately resolve, decade long Greencard Backlog issue and the one to bring meaningful reforms to Skilled Immigration, retaining the fairness principles America was built upon.
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When I was very young, the United States provided my family and me a place of refuge. Now, I have been nominated to be the DHS Secretary and oversee the protection of all Americans and those who flee persecution in search of a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
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This morning @nehamaha appeared on @CNN to talk about how the pandemic and travel ban have affected high skilled Indians. Many have to choose between career or seeing their parents. If not for country caps, they would be PRs or citizens by now. Full video coming soon.
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Numbers don’t lie!! Media and @NIACouncil keep spreading lies about Indian high-skilled immigrants but @USDOL stats speaks truth! Indian high-skilled immigrants tops in wages, patents, startups and economic contribution to US! #BornInIndiaIsntACrime @SenatorDurbin #S386
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‘Always stand for liberty!’ Great words and an awesome gesture. Thank you Senator Ted Cruz ( @SenTedCruz ) for sending us the signed copies of the official photos. On behalf of the entire high-skilled community we wish you great times during festive season! #LongLiveTexas
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Great to see support from CEOs and deans of major business schools for removal of per country caps. #S386 @SenMikeLee
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We are counting on @RepZoeLofgren @SenMikeLee @SpeakerPelosi @GOP @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP to finally end decades of discrimination and push #S386 #HR1044 across the finish line. Please call/contact your congressional members in support of the bill.
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More than 200k of the 700k Indians in line will likely die before they receive their green cards. The fact that other immigrants almost immediately receive their green cards makes the system massively unfair... @David_J_Bier
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That’s how UNFAIR the high skilled legal immigration in US is. And it’s really sad to see that closers are after all not able to close this gap. @POTUS @SenatorMenendez @RepLindaSanchez @RepZoeLofgren
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The only line where Indian high skilled immigrants stand for 9 years and the line does not move forward at all while others get to cut in front of the line simply because they were born somewhere else.
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Moments like these make us feel that as Skilled Immigrants in America have a voice and that our voices don't go unheard. We are happy to share the news & we thank @SenTomCotton for making a decision to Co-sponsor #S281 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 @SenMikeLee .
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Who will advocate for #Dreamers of LEGAL, tax paying #immigrants stuck in 70 year Green Card backlog #Fairness4Legals @SenatorDurbin
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Our members continuously work towards meeting congressional offices to spread awareness about our immigration issues. @RepGregPence we thank your office for hearing our stories & how we can collectively bring reform towards #GCbacklog #H4EAD #H4dreamer #HR1044 #TuesdayThoughts
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Thank you @SenTomCotton for meeting @SIIA_US and listening to our views on Raise Act & Greencard backlog. #EndGreenCardBacklog #H4DREAMERS
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In the midst of visa bulletin move remember there is still country cap & if not for the #PerContryCap those EAD would have been #greencards for backlogged #indiaborn #skillimmigrants . Call @SenRickScott & ask to #UnblockS386 & work with @SenMikeLee to #PASSS386 .
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How many such lives continued to be destroyed before @SenatorDurbin removes his hold from #S386 ? @TheDemocrats used to fight for immigrants but now a single senator is bringing down the entire party. Can’t @SenateDems convince their colleague? @SenMikeLee
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#StampInAmerica there is no meaningful explanation on why a family of four is forced to travel 15000 miles, spend $5000–$8000 in airline tickets, and a month in a foreign country, only to get a stamp on their passports. These individuals have lived half of their lives in the US.
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How much of this paperwork is necessary considering that many of these visa holders have been living in the US for years?
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Meet Firdhous, who completed her United States Medical Licensing Examination and is a Resident doctor. She is on a 24 hour shift this Women's day to serve her patients and still has to struggle for her right to work in the 21st century! #SaveH4EAD #IWD2019 Video-4
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Backlog for Skilled Immigrants Tops 1 Million: Over 200,000 Indians Could Die of Old Age While Awaiting Green Cards
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Stage is getting set for the immigration debate! The only bill which will protect US workers, will help high-skilled immigrants stuck in backlog and being talked about is #ISquared . Please listen to the champion for high-skilled immigrants @senorrinhatch
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@SenMikeLee @realDonaldTrump @TeamTrump Here is another proof that India not only sends Doctors and Scientists to America but their next generations selflessly continue to contribute to America
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Meet @bahetirashmi who stays 3000 miles away from her husband, just to pursue her ambition. H4EAD enables her to join the workforce as she waits in the decades-long green card queue. @RepZoeLofgren @SenKamalaHarris #SaveH4EAD #IWD2019 #shebelongshere #balanceforbetter Video-3
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Remembering #MartinLutherKing today. We must rise, we must act, & we must walk together to #EndGreenCardBacklogs not just for fairness and creating #AmericanJobs , but also to secure future of #H4Dreamers . As #MLK aptly said, we must march ahead. There is no turning back.
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Just taxes account for 25 Billion dollars annual contributions. These #AmericansInBacklog contribute a whole lot more & want to create more American jobs. But, all they get is #7MonthsVs70Years uncertain wait because they were born in #India . RT if you want #Congress to act.
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Every bad USCIS policy update ends up hurting Indian skilled workers and their families the most simply because @SenatorDurbin will not remove his hold on #S386 . Please work with @SenMikeLee to pass this bipartisan bill.
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Thank you @SenJohnHoeven @RepLindaSanchez @repdavidscott @jahimes for cosponsoring “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants of Act of 2019”. S.386 HR.1044 @SenKamalaHarris @SenMikeLee @RepZoeLofgren @RepKenBuck
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Hear the truth and the facts from highly skilled! Discriminatory country caps in EB category need to go. @SenRickScott please do not wait for more people to die while they are stuck in backlog. @SenMikeLee @SenTomCotton @SenatorDurbin @MyNews13 Pass #S386
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Last week, I sent a letter to @USCIS urging the agency to use all possible measures to ensure that unused Permanent Resident application (green card) numbers don't expire and go to waste due to long processing times caused by COVID-19. #GCbacklog
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Canada continues to take advantage of the broken US #immigration system. Canada to introduce new eork permits for US H-1B visa holders. This on top that Canada does not discriminate skilled immigrants based on birth country.
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Thank you, @SenMarkey for speaking to the #MetroWest community last night! Great crowd, great turnout! Amidst all issues, thank you for considering our issue of #endgreencardbacklog in employment-based #immigration . The #Isquared #S2344 Act is a worthy comprehensive package!
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Amid all the DACA focus, legal immigrants feel like they’re facing an unprecedented onslaught and wondering: who’s paying attention to us?
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More than 3 decades since any major immigration reform passed by congress. How long politicians will continue to hold legal immigrants hostage for their personal political gains over what is needed and what is right for America? @SenatorDurbin #S386
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US, a path breaker, a leader; others follow. Women Immigrants have been intrinsic 2 US history. 28 years since inception H1-b dependent spouse on #H4 visa, mostly women continue to live in the shadows; denied right to dignity. #DoNotRevokeH4EAD #womensday
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Thank you @JulianneMcShane for this detailed research, bringing to light the plight of Indian women working on the front lines, but forced out of work due to a broken immigration system. Another reason why @RepZoeLofgren @SenMikeLee @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP MUST PASS #HR1044
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Julianne McShane
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NEW from me/ @NBCNews : The Trump admin has repeatedly threatened to terminate work permits for the spouses of H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indian women. Now, experts estimate thousands are out of work during COVID — & advocates are demanding reforms
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“We must make the promise of the country real for everybody —no matter their race, their ethnicity, their faith, their identity or their disability.” Congratulations, to the president-elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris on winning #Elections2020 #EndCountryCaps
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Add the fact that there is 200 year wait for a Green Card after graduation simply because of where he is born. No way the US makes you feel you are wanted here. @SenMikeLee @SenRickScott #S386
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An Indian national attending Michigan State says he loves the school, but urges his younger sister not to follow his example: “Go to countries that actually want you there,” he said, “and not make you feel like a burden to them, not make you feel unwanted”
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The current US immigration wait times for a Doctor, Engineer, or a PhD born in India is more than 200 years. People don’t realize but this is essentially a permanent immigration ban on Indian nationals. #GreenCardBacklog .
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While it is trivial to enter the United States illegally, it is insanely difficult for legal immigrants to move to the United States. This is madness! We should shut down illegal immigration and greatly increase legal immigration.
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“No matter how educated you are, or many years you served your fellow Americans, or the money you pouring in to boost the economy, WHAT DECIDES YOUR PLACE IN AMERICA IS THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN AND WHERE YOU WERE BORN”. #DesignedForDiscrimination #GreenCardBacklog
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Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8) @RepLarryBucshon has introduced H.R.1535 -Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023. Bill recaptures all wasted EB GCs from 1992 through 2021 which spilled from FB quota. GCs will be awarded to in order of AOS filed and no country cap.
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Read the letter from this #H4Dreamer . He is #heretostay & wants to work @NASA . How would you help him @nancypelosi @senschumer ? #dreamact
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Padma & her husband have been living #legally in the US for 14 years. Their child is now 17 and fears self deportation. They met with @MarkWarner 's staff 2 discuss issue of #employment based #GCbacklog & support for S2344. V thank Senator's staff 4 support #EndGCBacklog
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On behalf of Skilled immigrants community we are very grateful for your support & leadership @SenToddYoung #S386 @SenMikeLee @SenKamalaHarris . Thanks to team SIIA for persistent follow ups & meetings.
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An Indian with a US Masters degree files for GC now in EB2 or EB3 category, the wait time is nearly 200 years. US is the only country to discriminate high skilled immigrants by birth country. #Immigration reform is due, and Congress must act! @POTUS
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4 years
If @SenRickScott believes that he can get away by blocking a meaningful reform in Skilled Immigration, he and his team should know that he is hurting his very own constituents. Shutting down phone lines and fax machines isn’t a big enough bush to hide behind.
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Meet @PKorlepara who continues to be a role model for her daughter, as she brings up a happy family while working full time on H4EAD. A masters degree holder, Praneetha has been waiting for more than a decade in the approved green card queue. #SaveH4EAD #IWD2019 Video-6
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Rick, don’t be a ‘Dick’! Be a Mike! Mike is smart! Mike is doing the right thing for America! He is fighting hard to change 3 decades old discriminatory immigration laws! Mike is trying to save #H4Kids ! Be a Mike! @SenRickScott @SenMikeLee @SenTomCotton #RickDontBeADick #S386
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Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1) has agreed to cosponsor #HR392 . Skilled immigrants thank @chelliepingree for her support. @RepKevinYoder
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Huge S-281 cosponsorship alerts! @senrobportman (OH), @SenatorWicker (MS), @SenCantwell (WA) & @SenCoryGardner (CO) have cosponsored S.281.We are sincerely thankful the senators for their support. We hope house & senate leadership bring these bills on the floor soon. #S281
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Meet @Amitha_sampath . With higher education from London she works as a researcher. She wants to be an equal partner in her marriage and be a role model for her kids. @DHSgov wants to end her dreams! #SaveH4EAD ⁠ ⁠ #balanceforbetter #InternationalWomensDay2019 Video-2
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