Congressional Democrats are putting together a third version of an immigration measure they hope to include in the sweeping government spending bill.
In a letter to congressional Democrats this week, a group of immigrant rights advocates say more than a million green cards authorized by Congress over the last three decades have gone unused thanks to administrative errors. Meanwhile, more than four million immigrants are waiting for family-based visas and more than a million are waiting on employment-based ones.
As a result, many who expected to have legal status by now are still in limbo.
The groups argue that’s why, as Democrats continue to mull over a new bill, they must include a provision that allows those unused green cards to be recaptured — or revived. And another to address the growing backlog.
