Mr. Speaker. today we will have a vote on a provision of the Nations immigration law referred to as section 245(i). I hope my colleagues will vote against repealing this provision of the law. Section 245(i) allows individuals who are on the brink of becoming legal permanent residents to adjust their status without having to leave the country. The majority of these individuals are the spouses and children of American citizens. Without this provision we tell these future citizens they must leave the country and leave their families and wait for perhaps years to be reunited with them in the United States.
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