Thank you, Laura, for brining this often overlooked aspect of our broken immigration system to light.  

Very good advice Laura. The world needs to know what some families go through. Its so unfair....

This reform is needed NOW.  Too many families are suffering.  Thank you, Laura.

Thank you Laura!  I agree with you 100%

Thank you so much Laura for putting this out. We as USC's need to stand up and be heard. It's is unfair the way laws tear apart families.

Thanks Laura. My husband and I have been seperated for 2 years waiting for his chance to apply for a visa...

This is awesome, Laura!  I am going through this unbearable process right now of legalizing my husband.  Your passion for immigration and diligence in advocating is contagious and much appreciated....Thank you!!!!

Thank you Laura for brining to light the hardships that we all face. I personally am torn now because I face whether or not to return to Mexico with my husband (he is currently being detained waiting for INS) or staying here in the U.S. If I go, then I leave a US citizen child here without a mother and if I stay then I allow my other US citizen child to grow up without a father. How is a mother supposed to decide that?!?

 Thank You so much Laura, I support it 100%

Thanks for posting this Laura!!! I completely agree that there needs to be a tremendous change in the United States Immigration system!

Perfectly said Laura! Lets see some CHANGE!

I agree 100% stop separating families! Thank you Laura!

Thank you Laura, your great!!! we are talking about so many families here, the goverment needs to know what harm they are doing to all these families. WELL SAID LAURA!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Laura. This is so true especially now a day some american families can't live on just one income it does become an extreme hardship.

Thank you Laura! Well said!

Comprehensive immigration reform is needed NOW. As U.S. Citizens we have the right to pursue happiness, and for some of us that means living in peace with our families together. There are enough families separated due to divorce, we don't need a border to divide families. A family is an extinct species - and we need to fight to keep them together. 

well said Laura! and yes we need an immediate solution for this topic. The US nation has no idea of what people are going through. we are human and deserve the same human rights.

I agree 100%! Even the Lord forgives people their mistakes! How about a men?

You are so correct Laura!  My husband has been in Mexico for almost a year now and had to leave behind a 2 year old who was always with him and now has only gotten to see his other son by pictures. Thanks for bringing this to light!

absolutly agree Laura our men have died for our freedoms in this country and i do believe we have the FREEDOM to fall in love with any one regardless of their citizenship. I think it is time people educate themselves on immigration reform and realize what a hardship it is on united states citezens, after all thats what we are so why not give us the same rights to pursue hapiness

Laura, thank you for your post.  My husband has a lifetime ban for entering the US illegaly and staying for more than 365 days then exiting US for a familiry emergency then re-entering for a second time.  We can submit a waiver for him in 2016, however we need to prove extreme hardship at that time in order for him to even have a shot at obtaining legal residence.  If we are lucky, my 4 year-old will be approx 14 when all is said and done.

I agree 100%.  I'm currently separated from my husband and only God knows how much longer we must wait in the backlog.  Our lives have been put on hold while we keep sinking in debt.

Well said Laura!  Thank You!  President Obama I hope you read this.  USC spouses and children are hurting and in dire need of the elimination of the sensless bars!

Thanks, Laura! So many people in this country can't see past themselves to recognize the suffering of others.  This reform is long overdue!!!

We need reform. The punishment should fit the crime. 5-10 year bans for family members of USC's is inhumane.

We need reform. The punishment should fit the crime. 5-10 year bans for family members of USC's is inhumane. Not to mention the backlogs.

These crazy laws need to be changed!  I would be fine with paying a fine, no matter what the amount would be just to have my husband by my side in the U.S.

I agree, create an Immigration system where families are allowed to immigrate within a "speedy and just" process (as the Bill of Rights guarantees protecting the rights of all citizens, residents and visitors on United States territory). Thus, immigrants can contribute sooner to the economy of the USA.

Thank you Laura, we need this reform.  So many people are in a position where they are limited to enjoy the freedoms of living in the United States.

Laura, thank you for doing this. We really need to open America's eyes to the hardships American families go through becuase of immigration laws.

Thank you Laura! very well said.. These laws need to be changed they are inhumane.

well said Laura! It's time for a CHANGE

People!!! we need more votes!!!!!!! come on and vote!

Thanks Laura,
We'll try to get these 3 ideas (DREAM Act, Stop the raid and Immigration Relief) as much support as possible starting in the second round.

Awesome! Those are the key things, in my opinion - DREAM, ceasing the raids and getting relief for families torn apart by the laws.

I'm USC my husband is illegal,I have extreme harship but very afraid to send my husband to Mexico,Family needs to be TOGHETER not APART.Ineed my husband here.

I have been separated from my husband for a year and a half - This is UNACCEPTABLE!! :'(

Laura this is a great idea... i hope that our new president can do something about the 3 and 10yr bans...

Family Unity is important for our society, broken families will bring crime into our country.

We are US citizens and most of my family member are residents including my grandparents. I could not believe that my mother was backlogged and separated us. I believe that my rigths are not being protected. My little sister due to the fact that we are going through does not trust this country or anybody. Stop doing that to US families. Thank you Laura!

Well said, I am not sure that many people realize the hell that many of us go through. I can't count the number of times that someone has said to me "You're married? Why is the problem?" People have no idea what the immigration process is. I have been away from my husband for 2 years and we are still not so patiently waiting. Thank you for giving this EXTREME hardship a voice.

Thank you Laura.  You articulate the problem well and concisely.  This country needs immigration reform.  This country's greatness has been built on the foundation of friendly immigration policies for hard-working families who want to build a new life in a new land.  We as a people need to remember what made us the nation we are, even while we stay vigilant to protect our borders from opportunists and enemies.

Thanks Laura,  I agree with you 100%  Something has to change we need a change.  I'll been separated form my husband for over a year now. 

Sorry Laura,

LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FIRST!!

NO RACIST AMNESTY !!!

Go back to your country of origin and get in the immigration line there.

"Illegal aliens are not immigrants, they are foreign intruders.  Also illegal immigration benefits 30 Latin Americans for every non-Latin American beneficiary, it discriminates based on national origin."

Jean Baptiste Truong
Executive Director
Immigrant Rights Foundation
www.immigrantrightsfoundation.org

Sorry but you also have to remember that part of where you live today was taken from latin america.
Oh well, I forgot, that happened years ago and it does not count. History shows that not everything is just and fair.
These foreign intruders as you call them are human beings who escape poverty and horror in their countries.
Would you not escape hunger and poverty if you had a chance to do so?
Yet, they suffer for years and years, working the dirtiest jobs, separated by their own families in fear of being caught anyday. These foreign intruders have american wives and children. There are these american spouses and children who wish for a reform and amnesty just like you do for the oposite. There are these foreign intruders whose only desire is to be with their spouses at no expense to legal immigrants. At the end, the good always prevails.
The change has come. I hope this change will keep families together and crumble the tide of anger, individualism and selfishness.

Thank you Laura.  I think it is so important that the myths about immigration law are corrected.  So many Americans would be open to change if they understood the strictness.  In reality, there is really not a "line" to get into once returning to your home country, especially if you have accumulated illegal presence.  I am fortunate enough that my father's family was allowed to immigrate simply because they desired to do so.  My husband was not so fortunate.

Thank u laura , i hope indeed that the new president will bring some change, my parents r american citizien and i am british citizen, i try many time 2 visit them and was refused. Due because i try 2 impersonate a us citizen 2o years ago and was in prison, all i wanted to be with my family, while there r murderes and robers and thief get there and well established. Which i cannot understand the logic in that thanks for some advice.

We would have far fewer alien minors if we did not provide amnesties.
We would have far fewer alien minors if we prosecuted illegal employers.
We would have far fewer alien minors if we used E-verity.
We would have far fewer alien minors if we had a border we actually controlled.
We would have far fewer alien minors if we spent more time in other foreign countries pushing for "life, liberty & pursuit of happiness" for others.

Holding people accountable is part of being a responsible grown-up in this hard world.

Once we enforce the law & can actually prove they work;
then i might be open to more humane issues.

Immigration reform is not the main priority right now..The economy derailed immigration reform.

DREAM act has no chance of passing under the current economic situation as more and more people are losing their jobs..How do you think unemployed people will take to the government effectively adding more potential employees to this economy (many with college degrees).

I personally I don't want DREAM or anything like that to pass right now. I know its sounds mean but whatever, it's not like just immigrants are suffering right now.