Legal immigrants have been permanently employed for decades contributing to their local communities, Social Security, Medicare.

While waiting for their Permanent residency & the stability it entails, time & life has kept moving on leading to outcomes that were never foreseen by the current immigration policy

-Stressful family situations with potential separation of parents & their US citizen kids

-Legal high skilled worker's kids at risk of aging & forced to leave US

-Cut out of a social safety net that these individuals have contributed into for decades

-Uncertainty in making major life decisions

These bills correct a moral wrong where two similarly skilled individuals can have very different life outcomes. It doesn't take away a path to permanent residency for any future applicants.