Not Too Late: Biden Administration Urged to Make Pro-Business Immigration Moves Now
The Biden Administration is being urged to finalize some business immigration issues before Jan. 20, 2025 , when the next presidential administration takes office, including: Surge resources: Democratic lawmakers asked USCIS to “surge” resources to eliminate the backlog of employment authorization applications (for new arrivals and other non-citizens) using the $34 million that had been set aside for discharging backlogs with new technologies, staffing increases, and greater use of worker overtime . H-1B modernization: Business immigration advocates are asking USCIS to finalize more parts of the Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers Rule . Proposed in 2023, the rule would specifically codify some pro-business guidance, including: Expand cap-gap for foreign students; Expand the definitions of “nonprofit research organization” and “g...