The Asian American Justice Center, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Asian Law Caucus, and Asian American Institute have launched a national petition to support the Reuniting Families Act and fix America’s broken family immigration system. Our goal is to have 1,000 signatures to send to Congress by the end of the summer – let your voice be heard today!

Sign the petition here: http://www.advancingequality.org/FamilyPetition/
Our current immigration system has not been updated in 20 years, and forces family separation. More than 4 million individuals have been waiting in line for years—sometimes even decades—to reunite with their close family members, who are hardworking, taxpaying contributors to America’s economy and society. Family members who apply for visas in the prime of their lives are not granted admission until they reach retirement age, undermining their economic contribution to our country.

The Asian American community is particularly impacted. More than 1.5 million qualifying family members of Asian Americans are estimated to be in immigration backlogs. The majority of Asians immigrating to the U.S. do so through the family-based immigration system. In 2008, 90 percent of immigrants from Asia came to the U.S. through family-based immigration.

The Reuniting Families Act helps to clear the current immigration logjam by providing legal mechanisms to streamline the application process. The new legislation is the American solution we have been looking for.

If you support the Reuniting Families Act, please help us reach our goal and sign the petition today!

Again, here’s the link: http://www.advancingequality.org/FamilyPetition/

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