The Green Card Quagmire: A Crisis of Congressional Making The wait time for Indian nationals seeking a green card has reached an astonishing 179 years, according to a recent analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy.
This is not just a problem for individuals; it's a symptom of a broader issue – a broken immigration system that has been allowed to deteriorate over decades. At its core, this crisis is a mathematical one.
The annual cap on employment based green cards, set at 140,000 in 1990, has become woefully inadequate.