Our amendment is about fundamental fairness. All this amendment does is to make sure both groups face the same cutoff date. Right now. those who are in our Nation in an undocumented status are allowed under the bill to potentially earn permanent residency so long as they entered this country before January 1. 2007. All our amendment says is that those who followed the rules who are waiting outside of the country who are the immediate relatives of U.S. citizens shouldnt be treated worse because they obeyed the law and followed the rules. They should at least be treated the same. not worse. Therefore. they should have the same date: January 1. 2007. All this amendment does is simply apply the same standard. the same cutoff date to those who followed the rules so that those who did obey the law and who legally applied for their green card can potentially earn permanent residency so long as they apply for their visa before January 1. 2007. Now. this is a somewhat complicated issue. so let me explain exactly what the legislation as it is currently drafted does if we dont adopt this amendment. Right now. there is a family backlog of people who have applied for legal permanent residency.
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