Employment-based Immigration system is badly broken due to insufficient number of Green Cards (a number set 17 years back!), USCIS inefficiency and anachronistic country quotas. There are currently a million applicants waiting to become Permanent residents. Without fixes, Green Card applicants are subject to a wait of 6 to 12 years. Situation is worser for immigrants from high-demand countries like India and China who have to wait decades for their turn to enjoy the American Dream.

This has lead to plight of intellectual capital from the American economy to emerging economies of India and China through brain drain. It's really apalling that America isn't able to fix the issue legislatively, when it's traditional competitor Europe is providing a red-carpet welcome by issuing 'Blue Cards'.

Immigration Voice (IV) is a non-profit grassroots organization working to fix the broken GC system for employment immigrants.

If American economy is to remain competitive in the next century and retain it's leadership of technology, the time to fix the broken system is - NOW