Asserting that Immigration needs to be merit-based and not dictated by arbitrary caps, Indian American Congressman Shri Thanedar announced that he will be co-sponsoring a bill on eliminating visa backlogs. Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023, the bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this year, seeks to effectively utilise the employment-based visas that are allocated each year under existing federal immigration law.
Indian-American physician Dr. Ashish Jha who led the US government’s Covid-19 pandemic response and recovery efforts will leave the administration by the end of this month, a statement by President Joe Biden said.
In an immigration-friendly move, a judge has ruled that spouses of highly-skilled H-1B visa holders in tech sector can now work in the US, thus upholding an Obama-era rule under which partners were issued H-4 visas.
On June 24, Judge Vince Chhabria of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California granted Behring Regional Center’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the decision of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to deauthorize over 600 EB-5 regional centers, bringing smiles and relief to thousands of applicants affected by the agency’s order.
