US losing immigrant talent with longest backlogs for families

Without legal procedural time limits for family reunion, the United States has created one of the longest backlogs of most developed countries of immigration.
This week, Colorlines magazine’s excellent graphics help you picture just how long American families have to wait for their immigrant loved ones to join them in the US. For some, the wait is up to 20 years because the visa demand far outweighs the availability. Family and employment-based legal immigration that are tied to numerical ceilings that remain unchanged since 1990.  These ceilings are further affected by limits on the percentage of immigrants that may come from any given country.Read more on the MIPEX blog