[forapurpose]

Could you share more details with those of us who are unfamiliar with the issue? People from India have a multi-decade wait to work in the US? That sounds horrible.

A new US President may be more interested in immigration. AFAIK the US public largely supports it still, as do the powerful (businesses). It's mostly the nationalists who object.

[myth17]

https://www.gcreforms.org/key-issues/

[propman]

I agree but missing some info. Republicans in Congress are actually more willing t fix this and bipartisan bills that will for sure pass the House with a super majority have been introduced but not in the Senate. The Democrats don’t want to pass anything without passing DACA because they get no political points and The Trump Administrarion wants some other types of immmigration cut before passing this (giving diversity lottery slots to h1b backlog) to appease the nationalist base. Traditional GOP non nationalists and moderate Democrats are for this strongly however. Basically there is no political push to get this fixed. If h1b were more vocal or had more political capital, it’d get done in a month.

Edit: not sure why the downvotes, here’s a source?

http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/377886-congress-leave...

325 co sponsors 174 D 151 R with many more willing to vote for it.

[Bahamut]

It doesn't sound like the Republicans are more willing to fix this based on that article - the bill is held up at the House Judiciary Committee, which is controlled by the Republicans.

[forapurpose]

> The Democrats don’t want to pass anything without passing DACA because they get no political points

Which Democrats feel this way? What evidence is there?