Speech #1100055890

It does nothing to preserve the right of those people who filed and who are now being snuffed out. being cut out in terms of the rights of those U.S. citizens because of the underlying bill. There is only one way to make this right. There is only one way to preserve family reunification. There is only one way to preserve the rights of these individuals who wore the uniform of the United States. who were good enough to wear the uniform. serve their country. and should have the right. which this bill snuffs out. to claim family members. There is only one way of making sure we dont turn this into an abstract object of chain migration. but that we understand the core values of family. that we understand a child who turns 21 is no less a child you love dearly and want to be with and who doesnt stop being part of your nuclear family because they magically turned 21 and are now nonnuclear. That is what is at stake in this amendment. I urge my colleagues to support the MenendezHagel. and others. amendment so that. in fact. we can still stay within the "grand bargain" but we can do what is right on family reunification. I yield the floor.