Immigrants make this country stronger and our economy more dynamic. As a first step toward needed comprehensive reform, I urge the Senate to move quickly to pass the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. The contributions of these workers are critical to America’s future.
Fairness. That is what S.386 represents. I'm in DC today to advocate for Indian immigrants like Suhas Khamgaonkar whose husband Avinash died waiting for a GC.
No one should die waiting for decades. We need more numbers. But we must restore justice first. @FrescoLeon
We really hope seeing these families out there, simply asking to be recognized as equal to any other human being in line for an employment based Green Card, will persuade @SenatorDurbin to let #S386 go, despite his well known hate for Indian immigrants #SeparateIsNotEqual
Keep fighting for recognition as equal to any other human being in line for employment based Green Cards.@SenatorDurbin hates Indian Immigrants & thinks you & your children are subhuman - undeserving of equality to immigrants from any other country.
Here is a livestream from a phone with a fresh battery. We are told there are 300+ people (and growing) who spontaneously gathered to ask @SenatorDurbin to let #S386 go despite his hate for Indian immigrants. #SeparateIsNotEqual
https://t.co/Diimpj17Uj
Call @SenatorDurbin at 202.224.2152 & ask: if he would not have opposed desegregating schools until we could build more schools, why is he opposed to removing national origin discrimination on Employment based green cards until he adds more Green Cards? #SeparateIsNotEqual#ILPOL
On this occasion of the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, it is once again important for us to remember that we must be brave in speaking truth to power & not worry about the consequences. https://t.co/tGPnW7eh5A
#SeparateIsNotEqual
This is disappointing and disgraceful behavior!! You are fine with millions like us dying in backlog due to an immutable factor while giving others preferential treatment. This is not a laughing matter for any of us who are in the backlog.
Our immigration system unfairly disadvantages high-skilled immigrants from large countries. H.R. 1044 is an important bill that will level the playing field for high-skilled legal immigrants.
https://t.co/0hzwl5AQOl
This week the House passed H.R. 1044, bipartisan legislation to make our visa system fairer for skilled immigrants legally working in the US by ending the decades-long backlog for employment-based green cards
We must value immigrants to the U.S. no matter where they are from
#HR1044 will create a first-come, first-serve system providing certainty to workers & families & enabling US companies to flourish in a global economy as they hire the brightest people to create products, services & jobs—regardless of where they were born.https://t.co/BhpwzIM33J
12 yrs ago @RepZoeLofgren, had an idea about a bill to ameriolate the Green Card Backlog & introduced HR5921 - The High Skilled Per-Country Level Elimination Act in 2007.
Without her vision & leadership the bill wouldn’t exist today. Thank you for your leadership!
The House passed @RepKenBuck’s and my bipartisan bill to make our visa system fairer for skilled immigrants legally working in the US. #HR1044 has 200+ Dem and 100+ GOP cosponsors. If @POTUS is serious about merit-based legal immigration, he should help usher this bill into law.
Proud to announce we have procured 290 Cosponsors for #HR1044. No surprise both parties & all Americans support the basic principle of #GreenCardEquality. Thank you @RepZoeLofgren @RepKenBuck for your zealous leadership & advocacy #TimeForVote
More -> https://t.co/nwxyMT07Rp
Thank you @RepBarbaraLee for co-sponsoring #HR1044 - The Fairness For High Skilled Immigrants Act.
A big THANK YOU for co-sponsoring and championing this bill since it was #HR213 in the 113th Congress.
We are all very grateful for your leadership.
I support the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (#HR1044) so talented scientists like the Senguptas, Sadhak and Sudarshana, can pursue their dreams and #RI can benefit from their innovation and entrepreneurship.