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On 02/18/2021, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 (Act) was introduced as companion bills in the Senate by Senator Robert Menendez and in the House by Representative Linda Sanchez.* This article focuses only on provisions affecting the business community, both salutary and less favorable. It is unlikely to be passed in its entirety but, if broken down into palatable sections to make it through the House and Senate, there is bipartisan support for some of the Act’s proposed business immigration reform.
Proposed Provisions Favorable for Business
The Act would modestly increase the cap on employment-based green card visas available per year from 140,000 to 170,000. However, most of these would go to unskilled workers which are generally not Chinese or Indian beneficiaries where the worst backlogs occur.