Agreement reached on immigration reform

[prpplague 0]

anyone know when the actual text of the bill will be posted/introduced?

[Ban Hammer 13,644]

anyone know when the actual text of the bill will be posted/introduced?

no idea, but hopefully the government will hand out free ky to the usc's.

[JohnK 0]

It's not over yet. Everyone needs to hop on the phone and start calling the sell-out politicians.

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What about Family Unity? That's the only part I even cared about!

Going forward, family unity will matter only where a longing relative can be connected with a paying business interest. There you go with them "family values". Could it be any more hollow a phrase?

So this thing's going to pass without the Family Unity section? In which case I most definitely DO NOT support it. I was really hoping for that too, would have made our lives a little easier.

Unfortunately, this is not about your support. Or mine. Or that of the majority of Americans.

[prpplague 0]

It's not over yet. Everyone needs to hop on the phone and start calling the sell-out politicians.

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

i think "family unity" is being used to mean different things to different people. there are those who are LPR's or naturalized citizens that want to bring their parents or sister/brother to the US. others want to be able to keep an illegal relative in the US if their spouse or children are in the US legally. yet others like myself, want our foreign born spouses to be able to come to the US while their paperwork is being processed. the "family unity" phrase is getting thrown around alot with people misunderstanding what people are refering to.

for me "Family Unity" is placing importance on the LEGAL process of bringing a CLOSE relative, for example spouse and children, to the US.

[almaty 19]

i guess george w, forgot his old man's push on family values.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

So as an only child my elderly parents should be denied the right to spend the last few years of their lives with me.... I as a USC should have the right to bring my parents to live with me at my expense....

Kez

[almaty 19]

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

So as an only child my elderly parents should be denied the right to spend the last few years of their lives with me.... I as a USC should have the right to bring my parents to live with me at my expense....

Kez

total agreement

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

I'm sorry. As a naturalized American, I think my possible interest in brining my aging parents to live closer to me (not that my parents would actually move over here and leave the rest of the family behind) should be more important to this government than the interest of the scores of criminals und unlawfully present foreign nationals that are about to be the beneficiaries of this sweeping amnesty.

[prpplague 0]

i guess george w, forgot his old man's push on family values.

yep, Senator Hutchison and Senator Cornyn seem to have forgotten all the "family values" stuff they were spouting during elections.

thanks

Dave Anders

[almaty 19]

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

I'm sorry. As a naturalized American, I think my possible interest in brining my aging parents to live closer to me (not that my parents would actually move over here and leave the rest of the family behind) should be more important to this government than the interest of the scores of criminals und unlawfully present foreign nationals that are about to be the beneficiaries of this sweeping amnesty.

amen....i think the same....it is terrible...................

[prpplague 0]

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

I'm sorry. As a naturalized American, I think my possible interest in brining my aging parents to live closer to me (not that my parents would actually move over here and leave the rest of the family behind) should be more important to this government than the interest of the scores of criminals und unlawfully present foreign nationals that are about to be the beneficiaries of this sweeping amnesty.

agreed! but it all this seems to be about rewarding illegals rather than making it easier to do things legally.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

I'm sorry. As a naturalized American, I think my possible interest in brining my aging parents to live closer to me (not that my parents would actually move over here and leave the rest of the family behind) should be more important to this government than the interest of the scores of criminals und unlawfully present foreign nationals that are about to be the beneficiaries of this sweeping amnesty.

agreed! but it all this seems to be about rewarding illegals rather than making it easier to do things legally.

No, it's about slipping the bastardization of family issues in under the rug while most of America was busy screaming and worrying about 'illegals'.

Here's your bill language.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.01348:

[Nancy2015 2]

It's not over yet. Everyone needs to hop on the phone and start calling the sell-out politicians.

And family unity? Sorry, I don't think that just because a person gets to come over here that they should be able to bring everyone else along with them. They make a choice to come here... if they want their family unity then they can stay home.

[kimjoshian 0]

very well said, Namusia

Edited May 17, 2007 by kimjoshian