Relief for the Families of U.S. Citizens and Lawful Residents

OUR PERMANENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS IN DIRE NEED OF SERIOUS REPAIR:

Unreasonable and unnecessary backlogs for family-based visas now exist as a result of

arbitrary limits, outdated information, and administrative delays.

• Many families have been kept apart for years, even decades, while waiting for green

cards to become available and be processed. Even spouses of permanent residents

must wait 7-10 years to come to the U.S. legally, while most others, including adult

sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, are forced to wait between 4-23 years.

• Because of current ‘bars’ to relief in our immigration law, many hard-working

immigrants who pay taxes, speak English, and desperately want to become full-fledged

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