The US needs immigrant workers

December 10, 2021

The nation is facing a labor shortage because millions of foreign workers are facing processing delays. At the end of June, there were more than 1.3 million employment authorization applications pending before USCIS. Further, 1.5 million immigrants are waiting for employment-based green cards, yet only 140,000 are available each year. Experts say the problem is from arbitrary caps on employment-based immigration, along with agency-wide delays in processing immigration documents. The decline in immigration, along with an extra 1.7 million Americans retiring during the pandemic, could dramatically stunt the growth of the country’s labor force and overall economic productivity.

Specific content can be found here:

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/04/immigration-system-labor-squeeze-523744

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