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California, Texas, Florida, and New York have some of the highest numbers of individuals living in mixed-status households; more than half (52%) of individuals in mixed-status households live in these four states. And, some 10% or more of all residents in each of these four states California, Nevada, New Jersey, and Texas live in a mixed-status household.

Even as Congress has maintained family unity as a core principle in immigration policy for decades, many undocumented spouses and parents of U.S. citizens cannot adjust their status to become green card holders due to inadmissibility bars. These limitations of current immigration law force families to remain in mixed status families, living under the threat of separation, and forcing loved ones to live with the constant anxiety that their mom, dad, sister, brother, wife, or husband could be deported at a moments notice.

Fixing our failed immigration system is personal for millions of Americans living in mixed-status families. With millions of U.S. citizens living daily with uncertainty over whether they may be separated from their families, it is well past time for Congress to deliver relief, and the administration to do whatever it can to protect them.

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Immigration reform keeps millions of mixed-status families together - FWD.us