1. United States
2. S.C.
3. Letter

I’m writing to urge you to Co-sponsor the American Families United Act HR 2366, reintroduced this year. The bill addresses yet another process that’s not only cumbersome, but under attack now by the Trump Administration. Right now, 1.2 million U.S. citizens are married to undocumented spouses who cannot complete the green card process because of rigid eligibility bars — bars that immigration judges are legally powerless to waive, even when the human cost is obvious. Families are left choosing between living undocumented and risking deportation, or being separated for a decade or more. This bill doesn't grant blanket amnesty. It gives judges and officers the discretion to weigh individual circumstances when a U.S. citizen's family is on the line — and it explicitly bars that discretion for anyone with criminal, national security, or terrorism-related grounds. These are people who have lived here an average of 15 years, 75% of whom are already working. Legalizing their status would add $6 billion in annual tax revenue and $20 billion in spending power to the economy. This has passed the House Judiciary Committee before. It deserves a full vote and your support.