So I do that. I do not close out the preference categories. I would have parents and adult children guaranteed to receive visas every year. remaining consistent with the goal of family reunification. I would allocate visa numbers on a sliding scale basis for parents and adult children of citizens. allowing for increases in visas when the numbers fall within the unlimited immediate family category. However. they must always remain within that 480.000 hard cap. I would allow the backlog clearance of spouses. minor children of permanent residents by allowing 75 percent. with any visas left over within the family total to be allocated to this categorys backlog clearance. I would also control chain migration. where one person ends up bringing in 45 or 40 other people. often not blood relatives. Commissioner Doris Meissner has told me that what permits chain migration is the siblings of the citizen category. I would place a moratorium for the next 5 years on this category. However. if there are any visas left over within the hard cap of 480.000 our family amendment allows 25 percent of the leftover to be used for backlog clearance of siblings. those who have been waiting for many years. The problem with the Simpson amendment is that in its operation it would provide no visas for adult children of citizens. It would provide no guarantee of visas for children of citizens. All the numbers left over from Simpsons hard cap family numbers go to spouses and minor children of permanent residents. where the 1.1 million backlog remains. This means no one else who has been waiting to reunite with their children will be able to do so in the next 5 years.
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