Backlog on deciding US Green Cards for Indians runs into 195 years: Senator
An Indian applicant for a US Green Card may have
to wait 195 years for a decision, a top Republican senator has said, urging his
Senate colleagues to come out with a legislative resolution to end the backlog.
A
Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued
to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has allwed to reside
permanently.
Senator Mike Lee said on Wednesday that the current Green Card policy did
nothing for the child of an immigrant whose dead parent's Green Card application
was ultimately denied because his or her job was no longer available.
"Someone
from India entering the backlog today would have to wait 195 years to receive
an EB-3 green card. Even if we give their children this limbo status, none of
them will have a prayer of becoming a US citizen," Lee said on the Senator
floor.
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