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Please forgive me for my lacking knowledge of the US immigration system, but does this mean that folks on H-1B currently waiting for a green card must withdraw

Please forgive me for my lacking knowledge of the US immigration system, but does this mean that folks on H-1B currently waiting for a green card must withdraw their applications the next time their H-1B expires unless their salaries are greater than this threshold? Are there any publicly available numbers on how much of the insane GC backlog (greater than a 100 years for Indian nationals) this might affect?

microtherion 6y ago
[Not a lawyer, but a former H1-B and Green Card holder] 1) Under current law, that seems unlikely. The hurdles are mostly to get the first H1-B, renewal is practically automatic. 2) If Trump gets re-elected… well, you may have noticed that he, and some of his closest advisors on immigration, e.g. Stephen Miller, consider capriciousness in immigration policy setting a feature, rather than a bug, so who knows? 3) On the other hand, the US has a somewhat functional legal system, and legal immigrants, once admitted, enjoy the presumption to certain rights, so any action is likely to be tied up in legal proceedings for several years. 4) And let's see what happens today.