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FWD.us President Joe Green has resigned as head of the tech-backed immigration reform group, according to a blog post from the organization.

Green had led FWD.us since its founding in 2013 as tech leaders poured millions into the immigration advocacy group started by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Greens departure comes as congressional efforts to reform the nations immigration laws have stagnated. And President Barack Obama has said executive action on that front will wait until after the midterms.

Re/code, which first revealed Greens departure, reported that he was pushed out of the top spot.

While FWD.us has achieved important milestones in the fight to reform immigration laws, Joe and the Board agreed a change in leadership was necessary, the group wrote in the Friday blog post.

A FWD.us spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for comment.

Todd Schulte, the groups executive director and former chief of staff at super PAC Priorities USA, will serve as acting president.

Obama is expected to unveil a broad immigration reform executive order after the November elections, but the exact scope of that effort remains unclear. Tech companies are seeking more visas for high-skilled foreign workers.

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