Thanks for sharing your opinion, I really appreciate it. It is refreshing to have a nuanced conversation at a time when Twitter has all but obliterated it!

I am sympathetic to the challenges of people in the backlog, but I do not see this bill as a solution. Instead of forcing everyone into a decade-long backlog that extends current problems to everyone, a bill focused on protections for people on H-1B visas (e.g. protecting their children from aging out, allowing them to change jobs or get promotions, etc.) or even a reform of the H-1B program can alleviate a lot of the problems people in the backlog face.

Honestly, I have my doubts about the whole notion of “let’s pass this and then unite to fight for more green cards.” If this bill passes, I think a lot of ROW, especially those educated in the U.S., would just pack up and leave for another country; I know I would. Even without this passing, I know a lot of people that have already chosen to study and work in Canada, EU, or Australia instead of the U.S. So in the end it will again more or less be Indian nationals vs. Congress.

BTW, I don’t think we should rely on tech industry to support more green cards. They would love to have everyone on visas as long as possible to pay them lower wages and make sure they would not leave their company. Nobody benefits from backlog more than the tech industry.