Ro Khanna: New Green Card Fix “Reasonable” as Backlog Remains Sidelined in Congress

Our interview with the Bay Area Democrat about the plight of green card backloggers.

WASHINGTON — As bipartisan negotiations continue in the House of Representatives over a new immigration bill to be introduced in the 119th Congress, one group that remains conspicuously absent from the negotiating table over relief proposals are the thousands family- and employment-based visa migrants stuck in decades-long backlogs for green cards.

Last week, Migrant Insider caught up with Rep. Ro Khanna, a Bay Area Democrat whose constituency includes many backlogged migrants working in STEM fields, to ask about the possibility of securing green cards for these migrants next Congress.

“It seems reasonable,” said Khanna. “Obviously we’ve gotta balance all the considerations, like getting these people into the green cards, making sure it doesn’t hurt the diversity visas, and that we’re not reshuffling and contracting one group at the expense of another. But I’m open to any ideas.”

Many green card backlog advocates have long tethered themselves to the Eagle Act, a controversial bill that c…