MI HR0248

Urges the federal government to quickly enact legislation addressing the backlog in employment-based green cards, specifically including H.R. 3648 of 2021 (the EAGLE Act of 2021).

Highlights that over 1 million workers and their family members face decades-long waits due to a 7 percent per-country cap on green cards, with India having 769,269 applicants waiting.

Notes that employment-based green card applicants already working in the United States face economic limitations, including inability to start businesses, change employers, or accept promotions without losing their place in line.

States that immigrant entrepreneurs in Michigan generated over $27 billion in sales and employed more than 167,000 residents in 2018, and reform would increase these economic benefits.

Requests copies of the resolution be sent to the President, Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Michigan's congressional delegation.