End of Per-Country Visa Caps Fails in Senate for Second Time (1)

A Senate bill that would eliminate per-country caps on employment-based green cards was blocked again Sept. 19, marking its second failure to move despite bipartisan support and overwhelming House passage.

Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) blocked Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) unanimous consent motion to skip the committee process and bring the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 1044) directly to the Senate floor. A single senator can block such a motion.

Despite agreeing with the bill’s premise, Perdue said there’s “language that needs to be clarified” and that he still has concerns about the impact on “specific industries,” both ...