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If voted to power in the November general elections, a Biden administration will reform the H-1B visa system and work towards eliminating the country-quota for green cards, his campaign has said, in a move to influence the Indian-American community.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
In a major policy document for Indian-Americans released on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day yesterday, the Biden Campaign also emphasised its support to the family-based immigration system and streamlining processing for religious worker visas.
This is for the first time that a Democratic presidential candidate has come out with an exclusive policy document for Indian-Americans. There are 1.3 million eligible Indian-American voters across eight states. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is scheduled to address the Indian-American community in a video message later in the day.