Indian American health care workers holding H-1B visas â many of whom are on the front-lines of the COVID-19 pandemic â began a protest April 12 in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in an all-out effort to attain green cards by lobbying Congress to eliminate the per-country caps that have placed them in backlogged queues exceeding several decades.
The protests, organized by the ad hoc group Frontline Healthcare Workers in Greencard Backlog, are expected to continue until April 14. Similar demonstrations were held last month in front of the U.S. Capitol.
âPresident Joe Biden could end the green card backlog for health care workers right now, by executive order,â organizer Pranav Singh, a critical care physician in Mason City, Iowa, who has been waiting for his green card since 2012, told