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The bill doesnt go far enough.

Modifying the current family immigration rules for this is fine. However, it does not undo the nasty "immigration tourism" tactic, of;

"Come to the US, legally OR illegally; pop out a baby on US soil... then demand US citizenship because of your child".

The bill should remove that loophole, when it is adding new ways for people to get residency.

Why so we can have more people sucking off the tax payers.

You know it's true. When I ived in Chicago ....all of the mexican and Arab immigrants had kids here so they caould stay.I mean 75 % of the city and a good 50 % of the burbs.....This is not an inflated guess and this is caused alot of social problems in the school system.............Especially concerning th Muslim communuty...

phil & gypsy_sage,

you have no idea what you are talking about. I'm here legally and I have a US borm child but there is no way I can stay here legally just because of the child. If there is, I'd like to know how because Employment Based immigration sucks!!

The kids are supposed to go with the parents...not the parents going with the kids.

Currently, undocumented mothers who have children in the US can be deported even if their children are US Citizens. Hundreds of mothers have been torn apart from their children thanks to this horrendous immigration policy. If deported, parents are willing to leave their children with other relatives in the US because the children will have a better future in the States than in their country of origin. This practice is inhumane and needs to stop. I hope the bill truly does stop this. The only crime that these people have committed is that they want a better future for their families. This sentiment is no different than that of our Founding Fathers who moved to a new land in search of a better future or of the Italians, Irish and Chinese who swamped Ellis Island and Angel Island in search for the American dream (and did so as "illegal aliens" mind you.) They have all become part of the social fabric which comprises America. The immigrants of today will become Americanized just like the immigrants of yesterday... as FDR put it: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."