A change in how green cards are handled in the United States for immigrants could come as soon as September, as public pressure is mounting for President Barack Obama to take executive action on the stalled immigration overhaul that's stuck in Congress. The Obama administration has been part of listening sessions with business groups and relatives of immigrants in the past few months, and those talks have led to some tentative ideas about how to handle immigration going forward.

Previously, the focus has been on illegal immigrants who number around 11 million people, and advocated for that population are working to get the president to pass a sort of deportation relief. Advocates are pushing for a change in policy that would keep families together, especially help immigrant parents of children who are born in the U.S., so called "anchor babies," and the parents of the unaccompanied minors who have surged over the border and are part of protective laws that Obama put into play in 2012.

The recent move to adjust how legal immigrants are allowed to stay in the U.S. -- however, it is led by the tech industry which is interested in hiring brain power from outside the Unite States.

"Obama's options without new laws from Congress are limited and would only partially address obstacles business groups say are preventing them from hiring more workers," the Associated Press reports.

"Administration officials say these groups are urging the White House to help streamline a complex and unpredictable system," the AP wrote.

Advocates for both families and workers are pushing for a change in how green cards are given out and lobbying for a change that "would essentially free up some 800,000 additional visas the first year," according to advocates.

The result, says the AP report, would include a lessening in traffic jam of visas businesses who are trying to import talent, namely tech firms in Silicon Valley and elsewhere; shave some time off the waiting time for green card applicants who have family sponsors already in the U.S., a timeframe that can last nearly a quarter century in some cases; and finally, the move on green cards could take away the desire and risk of illegal immigration because it would create more legal way for people who want to come here, and help those who already made the journey to get here.