U.S. Congress - S.1085 Reuniting Families Act
S.1085 - Reuniting Families Act
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)
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- Short: Reuniting Families Act as introduced.
- Popular: Reuniting Families Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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I am going to break my reply in three different messages due to limit on the size to 1000 characters.
According to immigration Act:
1. If you are a H1-B worker, you are a temporary worker in the US, since H1-B is considered a temporary work visa. So you can bring your spouses and children right away, there is no visa limitation or visa number availability requirement, (i.e.you don't have to wait for a visa number to become available for your spouse or kid, by the state department), because they think that you are here temporary and you will return to your home country once either your visa is expired or your work is done with the company you are working for, which rarely happens by the way, and people tend to stay permanently.
2.If you are a US.citizen, your spouse and kids are considred "Immediate Relative", so there is no visa limitation or visa number availability requirement.
3. But if you are a Green Card holder (Lawful Permanent Resident of the USA), then you have to wait for visa number availablity, since there is a cap for that because your spouse and kids are not considered your "Immediate Relative". Even though the only one difference between a US Citizen and a Green card holder is the ability to vote.
This is a pure discrimination against Green Card holders or Lawful Permanent Residents that they have to wait for no reason due to caps. AS people say that this law is archaic and needs to be changed to end the suffering of families.
I simply voted yes because I just knew the real waiting time after I got married abroad to my beloved fiancee.. Its really frustrating to have a honeymoon then leave your husband for unexpected long time !!!this is disastrous for me I don't really know what I should do this is destroying our lives ..should I give up all my career goals and keep saving to go back and forth !!! should I give up my marriage and just wait for their mercy to give me right to live with my husband!!! I am really so depressed I can't even work or think about anything else
i am sorry for you Emaan and i add my voice to you saying YES to this bill, as i AM LIVING the same pains you are living in now, and i miss my husband so much and missing the meaning of peace and happiness, the true meaning of family is absent away from each other, i wish this bill see the light soon and relief all pains of all people here, as we are LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT'S SPOUSES!! why a lot doesn't understand this issue?? and why there is a mindS hate the good to others at the time we will never affect bad to any one at all.. we just want to have NORMAL FAMILY LIFE! hope the opposite mind read careful the bill before saying no, we need this bill so much , and i think it is not forbidden thing to live as normal people..
wish the best for all,
i am requesting at the end of my words all kind hearts who read my words just say yes to this bill please we need your vote so much.
God Bless America,
Rana.
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You seem to be under the assumption this bill deals with illegal immigration. It does not. Just the uniting of families of US Citizens and legal residents. Please read the text of the bill. Strong families build a strong country. The powerful Roman empire collapsed due to family breakdown and our country is heading in the same direction.
How can you deport a US citizen or legal resident?
This bill will help reunite my family and will help the United States Economy because instead of having to spend money in Peru where my husband lives and trying to pay for living expenses here and there. We will be able to spend all of our money in the United States. We will be happy, reunited and work harder for our future.
yes to this bill, it's the best for us legal immigrants..please read right and vote yes to help us..
Domic
I agree I am also a green card holder who has to be separated from my husband for unknown time and in spite of saving to buy a house for us I spend my savings on airfare to go see my family!! and sure for a limited time which is insane!!
sounds to me like amnesty.
How does this bill support amnesty?
hello people i agree with these bill. let me give you the definition of amnesty=is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to the positions of innocent persons. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense. The word has the same root as amnesia. Amnesty is more and more used to express 'freedom' and the time when prisoners can go free. here. we are not legalizing illegals we are helping divide families. i support all the bill.
these bill is common sense and fits in our 2009 year. people there will be no amnesty forget about that i already put the definition down. amnesty means green card strait. is like i am an illegal and i go next day to immigration and i get a green card. these bills are totally different. first they help US citizens to get together with their families. not the other way around.
Approval of this bill means more family getting together which is good for USA as the waiting immigrants, will start settling down in USA itself, meaning buying home, car and that increases the revenue to the government and potentially improves the money circulation , economy. Think about millions of people getting permanent resident-ship buying home and car...its not that simple...
Also the considering the number of H1 holder waiting, the industries all we people are into, its good too. lot of internals to it, which is not needed for this post..
Overall-this bill is a mutual benefitial program that will help lot of immigrants as well as increase the power of the nation.
I am particularly interested in rectifying the outdated "Queuing" process for legal permanent residency. Simplify speaking, today we have H1-B (temporary residency) gate open for 'X' number of applicant from a country but allowing only "X" divided by 3 (or more)" for issuing green card for these applicants. This imbalance is mainly contributing to outrageous waiting time for some countries. Whereas headcount during H1-B issuance is based upon principle applicant (job seeker), green card numbers are based on each family member for the principle H1-B applicant. On an average green card seeker have a family size of more than 3. Solving this issue does not require using over-flow of other country or visa type stipulated per yaer. We need to amend the law to correct the math based on simple queuing theory ie Inflow and outflow of green card seekers should be matched. Queue should consist of true processing time and other administrative considerations.
I know this bill will have tremendous impact on my life if passed. I have been living in united states for the past 9 years and I have been waiting for the green card making sacrifice in my personal and professional life with lot of stress. I cant change my job nor i can make a decision to invest in a house/major investment in US without green card.
Please help another family with their personal and professional life.
I think this bill will also have equal benefit to US economy. This will allow a huge investment /spending from the people who got greencard both in personal and busniness front.
US immigration system is in an urgent need of some reforms. Unavailability of visa numbers is a problem a lot of well qualified young workers face and it's about time they get some much needed attention!!
I am glad that i got my green card - but my wife can not come - I bougth a House - I pay my Tax - I creat jobs - and what else want the GOV form us?
The USA is build on Immigration and will be always - that makes this Country unique in the World and Strong.
Most peopel if you ask they on the street they dont know how bad is the Imigration law.
I am interested to see increase of Employment based quota and clearing of all the backlog of EB based I-485 applications.During the days of recession even the EB category people are on jobs and they are capable of keeping their jobs with the help of their expertise in their own professional fields. These Employment based guys are contributing higher taxes than the national average tax contributions. These EB guys buy more houses,cars and all other things more than than the National Average and still over years they are waiting in queue to get their Permanent Residentship.These EB category people have half of their family as American citizens already,as mostly their kids are born in USA. These EB based green card will certainly bring more value to the American economy than legalizing the illegal people.
I created my profile to vote aye on this bill. This is because this is one of the few ways that an immigrant like myself can be heard. That being said, all this bill provides for is that families can be together faster, and legal, productive immigrants will be able to start businesses and change jobs getting away from companies that hold them in a modern form of servitude for years. Immigrants have to plan when to get married etc based around their immigration status which should not be the case. The visa re-capture will help immigrants already in the process of obtaining green cards to get them faster; it DOES NOT mean that floodgates will open and flood an already staurated job market. These people already have jobs, pay taxes and hope and pray everyday for a timely resolution.
It is really inhumane to have the families separated for legal citizens and permanent residents who have been through a very long process. At least citizens have some temporary visa like K3, K4 but it is a predicament for permanent residents who have no choice but to wait for 6 to 7 years to live with their families. It is good that these issues is being discussed and hope this soon becomes a law rather than prolonging it for no reason.
I thiink Obama's okay under title III.
This bill needs its due dilegence, it is in place with the morals and values this country is founded upon. The new tax paying immigrants will add to the
economy by putting to work which has been hibernating for years in their savings, money market etc by buying new houses, starting new business, adding
more value to the economy. Tender my request to Judiciary committee to consider
this bill. God bless this country.
One word: Amnesty for law breakers. Kill this bill.
I love how liberals like to disguise their agendas under kind and gentle titles like "Reuniting Families Act". Liberals are masters at deceiving the American people. Another way to say this is they are excellent liars!