Newsroom

On March 15, 2022, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, held a hearing titled “Removing Barriers to Legal Migration to Strengthen our Communities and Economy.” All of Us submitted a testimony that the root cause of green card backlog is that there are not … Continue reading All of Us Testimony to a Senate Hearing: Removing Barriers to Legal Migration to Strengthen our Communities and Economy

On Jun 24th, 2021, All of Us submitted testimony to Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship of the US House of Representatives. The testimony highlights the dangers posed by the Eagle Act to the nation’s interests and the fairness and effectiveness of the immigration system. You can find the testimony below. It was followed by testimony … Continue reading Oh, Canada! How Outdated US Immigration Policies Push Top Talent to Other Countries

Check our letter to DHS and USCIS urging them to prioritize adjudication of employment-based green card applications (I-485) as we have heard your concerns about excessively long adjudication wait times for immigration-related petitions.  ✅ Timely adjudication of the petitions not only will help pending petitions, but also allows enough time to process additional available green … Continue reading All of Us urges USCIS, DHS to prioritize adjudication of employment-based green card applications (I-485)

On Jun 2, 2021, Rep. Lofgren introduced HR 3648, to repeal the country-cap in employment-based immigration. Here you can find a summary of the sections related to the employment-based immigration. SEC. 1. TITLE. Establishes the short titles of the bill as the “Equal Access to Green cards  for Legal Employment Act of 2021” or “EAGLE … Continue reading A Summary of the EAGLE Act; a Zero-sum Country Cap Removal Introduced in 117th Congress of 2021

The Washington Post recently published an opinion column on The value of Immigrants by Bruce A. Morrison, who is the principal author of the Immigration Act of 1990 and the Chairman of the Morrison Public Affairs Group (MPAG), the advocacy firm representing the interests of high-skilled immigrants in Congress. The April 30 editorial “A clarion call for immigration” … Continue reading Bruce A. Morrison, the principal author of the Immigration Act of 1990, weighs in on Legal Immigration

The House Judiciary Committee is going to hold a hearing about the barriers to legal immigration on Wednesday, April 28 at 2:15 pm EST. All of Us has submitted a testimony for this hearing. Click here to download the full All of Us testimony. All of Us supports the US Citizenship Act of 2021, introduced … Continue reading Testimony of All of Us for the Hearing on “Why Don’t They Just Get in Line? Barriers to Legal Immigration”

All of Us Applauds Bipartisan Progress on MORE Green Cards and Renews Endorsement of Rand Paul’s BELIEVE ACT Contact: paulfrombpt@gmail.com Senator Rand Paul has reintroduced the BELIEVE (Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement) Act for the 117th Congress (S. 970). All of Us endorsed the BELIEVE Act in the last Congress, and enthusiastically … Continue reading All of Us Renews Endorsement of Rand Paul’s BELIEVE ACT

“Stepping Stones” Indicates Bipartisan Path for US Citizenship Act of 2021 ALL OF US Contact: Paul Donnelly, MPAG, All of Us, the nation’s leading grassroots organization of foreign US graduate students from all over the world, strongly endorses the Biden administration’s immigration legislation: “The Biden proposal solves the backlog for merit-based immigration by rejecting the … Continue reading All of Us Endorses Biden/Menendez/Sanchez Immigration Reform

A recent study found that contrary to the popular belief, immigrants tend to be more entrepreneurial than native-born Americans and they tend. The study was conducted by Ben Jones of Northwestern University, Pierre Azoulay of MIT, Daniel Kim of University of Pennsylvania, and Javier Miranda of the U.S. Census Bureau. Among other data, the authors … Continue reading Immigrants to the U.S. Create More Jobs than They Take

A recent article explains the recent discussion between the Business group leaders and Congress on the aspects of Biden’s immigration plan. “The talks have focused on finding areas of bipartisan consensus that can help advance an overall package, including keeping science-technology-engineering-math graduates in the U.S.; providing legal status for so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to … Continue reading Recent news on Biden’s immigration plan

Yesterday, a new administration was sworn in and a new era with new dynamics started in our fight against the zero-sum country cap repeal bill. Our mission is to stop the bills similar to HR1044 that repeal per-country caps without adding green cards, and to advocate for solutions to the green card backlog that don’t … Continue reading New dynamics in the Congress and White House

On April 30, 2020, a bipartisan group of Senators announced that they will introduce a bipartisan bill (the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act), “to provide a temporary stopgap to quickly address our nation’s shortage of doctors and nurses, which poses a significant risk to our ability to effectively respond to the COVID-19 crisis. ” according to the Senator Durbin’s office press release. All … Continue reading Senate’s Bipartisan Bill to Address the Shortage of Doctors and Nurses

The COVID-19 pandemic emergency reminds us all that we are in it together. As a grassroots organization with thousands of individuals from more than 60 countries, mostly grad students doing medical and scientific research, All of Us is acutely aware of the obstacles presented by America’s immigration system to getting green cards for the people … Continue reading Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, All of US Urges Congress to Recapture Unused Green Cards for Healthcare Professionals

On March 26, 2020, the Congressional Research Service published “The Employment-Based Immigration Backlog”. This analysis states that the employment-based backlog will double by fiscal year 2030. It also reports that the current waiting time for employment based green cards increases to 17 and further delayed to 37 years by 2030. The analysis also shows that … Continue reading CRS Report on The Employment-Based Immigration Backlog

On March 4, 2020, the American Immigration Lawyer Association officially opposes the Fairness for high-skilled immigration Act in its current form. “AILA cannot support legislation that places additional burdens on those who are already waiting in the immigrant visa backlog and that would extend the risk of children aging out and keeping families in limbo … Continue reading The American Immigration Lawyers Association joins S.386/HR.1044 opposition

On Feb 27, 2020, Senator Lee circulated a new version of The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (HR.1044 / S.386) bill among the cosponsors of this bill. This version backpedals from the Durbin-Lee agreement. Surprisingly, it seems that no consultation was done with Senator Durbin which is not customary in the US Senate. According to … Continue reading Major changes to Durbin-Lee agreement – Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act S.386/HR.1044

On Dec. 6,2019, Rep. Donna E. Shalala ‏ introduced the Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families (RELIEF) Act. According to the press release, this bill is the House companion to S.2603, introduced by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Leahy (D-VT) and eliminates the family and employment green card backlog by increasing the number … Continue reading RELIEF Act. is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives

Recently, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced the RELIEF Act. This bill removes the per-country cap and eliminates the green card backlog in five years, without harming immigrants from the rest of the world. … Continue reading How Sen. Durbin’s RELIEF Act. clears the Employment-based backlog?