Sen. Cramer: Backlog Green Cards Possible Under Trump

Plus, an update on the Eagle Act.

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer is not giving up on green cards for the hundreds of thousands of family- and work-based visa holders stuck in a backlog, many of whom work in STEM fields, predominantly from India and China.

Migrant Insider caught up with the junior senator from North Dakota on Wednesday. When asked if a new bill to address the backlog would be possible during Donald Trump’s second term int he White House, Cramer responded, “I do, I do, I absolutely do.”

During the current Congress, Cramer introduced the Eagle Act, a controversial bill that creates no new green cards but redistributes the inordinately long wait times faced by migrants from India and China across applicants from other countries.

Indian migrants, for instance, can currently face decades-long waits for family- and employment-based green cards due to high application volumes. Under the Eagle Act, these migrants could still face decades of waiting, prompting critics to question the bill’s effectivenes…