Seeking a little more flexibility

My previous blog points out about more general issues of legal immigrants here in this country.

Now I get to a more specific issue that we are all facing right now.

Most of us are here on H1B and applied for permanent residence, but due to recent retrogression(i.e., don't have enough greencards for all of us) we are all stuck in the line and have no idea when those green cards become available for us.

Until then we just have to stay here through other means, and if we fail to do that then all of our wait and effort is a waste and we have to leave the country.

What we all asking for is a little flexibility from the government so we can be a little more comfortable until those green cards become available.

More specifically, allow us to apply for I-485(Adjustment status) even though there are not enough visas(green cards) and that gives us EAD(employment authorization) to us and our spouses. 485 application doesn't have to be approved right away and can wait until those visa dates become current. This would give us a lot of comfort by allowing us to switch jobs, allow our spouses to work etc.

We at least deserve this for patiently waiting in line to become immigrants LEGALLY.

I hope I get some support.

Related info at following website as well:
http://immigrationvoice.org/

No voice for legal immigrants!

While millions march around city streets protesting the new immigration proposals, people like me sit at our cubes and stare at those news articles on the sites like CNN.

Like me, many came to this country legally to work in high-tech industry. We have been paying taxes all these years and contributing directly to the american economy.

We all want to become permanent residents through legal means here in this country. So we applied for it many years ago and we are still waiting for our green cards and we don't even know if we get it in next couple of years due to severe retrogression in immigrant visas. Why do we have to wait for so many years when we are valuable resources here in this country.

I know a lot of people say that we are stealing jobs from american citizens, i disagree with all of those. If all of us have to leave this country and leave those jobs to americans then there won't be enough people to fill those jobs and ultimately all those jobs will move to india or china. I don't think that's better scinerio. Look at the cities with large immigrant population versus the cities that do not have large immigrant popluation, you will see that those that have immigrants are prospering better than those that do not. That should give you an idea.

I don't think this country should turn down the legal immigrants who are filling these high tech jobs. They are valuable and they will be valuable in the future. Look at the founders of great companies like ebay, yahoo, sun, etc... all of them are immigrants.

Now, to the main point...
While all illegal immigrants voice their concerns one way or other, we legal immigrants have no voice. Although there are a few web sites(like www.immigrationvoice.org) trying to voice, there is no real coverage from media on the problems of legal immigrants and people who want to become immigrants legally.

I really think there should be some mainstream coverage for all those 'want-to-be-immigrants' people who are facing severe problems with immigration system in this country.

I hope i get some support from people like you. Please leave a comment if you support.

Thanks