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!

One word: Amnesty for law breakers. Kill this bill.

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.

I thiink Obama's okay under title III.

I believe the bill is useful for a number of reasons. Currently, many family members of legal permanent residents living overseas are denied visas to visit the residents in the US citing the "intent to immigrate" clause. Essentially, human rights of permanent residents are being violated by the State department. There is a legal impediment here where immediate relatives of US PRs are neither issued an immigrant visa immediately so they can visit or live in the US nor issued a non-immigrant visa citing the "intent to immigrate" clause. This kind of legal twist is ridiculous, to say the least, and goes against all common sense - based judgments. Loopholes such as this have to be quickly corrected, perhaps through this act or through separate executive orders.

Thank you for your concerns. We don't need astro turfing on a site like this!

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

How can you deport a US citizen or legal resident?

How does this bill support amnesty?

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.

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.

sounds to me like amnesty.

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!!

Well abaratar it is strange but I'm in the same position. I'm staying away from my wife for the last 2 years and I'm waiting. Do you know how many people can say the same thing or just changing the number? Do not answer- this is a rhetorical question.

yes to this bill, it's the best for us legal immigrants..please read right and vote yes to help us..
Domic

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.

Avelino,
how is the paragraph below a talking point? A Talking point is something like "girls rule and boys drule" or "my body my choice". A testimonial about someone's wife who has been away for two years is not a talking point.

""""This bill will relieve the anxiety of honest hardworking tax-paying legal immigrants and unite them with their family. My wife's been staying away from me for the last 2 years as I cannot add her to my pending green card application till the visa bulletin dates become current. It has been retrogressed to 1 Jan 2000 now. """""

silva9000 and pgeol both said the exact same thing, do you really believe both silva and pgeol use the same grammar, same words and have the exact same life situation? or was that just a "talking point"?

Did you also notice how the AstroTurf stopped after it was pointed out.

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.

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.

This bill needs to die. Support HR1868.
I dont care about there so called "familys", just deport them.
We cant seem to get rid of the 20million illegals here now. Why bother with this type of legislation to allow more people in?
I say find out there job, depoet them, and replace with an americian.

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

burke524,

Looks like you have not read the bill, please read it. This is aimed at "LEGAL" immigrants, who abide by the law, PAY thousands of $$$ in taxes and have been contributing to the US economy "LEGALLY" for years.

As a matter of fact some of these people have been here "LEGALLY" for more than decades. And hence have contributed a lot to the country not only by paying taxes but as consumers as well.

If this bill passes many will be provided relief and they will purchase homes since the only thing stopping them from doing so is that they do not have Residency. This will bring up the housing market as well.

Therefore I urge people to support this bill as it has a lot of benefits not only for people residing in this country "LEGALLY" and needing their Green Card but also for the economy over all.

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.