Dear editor:
I am a U.S. citizen struggling to overcome immigration issues for my spouse, the highest priority for legal immigration.
I am extremely frustrated that Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives blocked a vote on amendments to the Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act that would have helped my family in the same way that these bills help families of undocumented workers.
These amendments could have healed 1.9 million U.S. citizens like me if Democratic leadership had followed through on their promises. Instead, we were left out, and the House passed legislation to make it actually more beneficial to be an undocumented farm worker’s spouse than the spouse of an American citizen.
Democratic leadership has failed me. It’s time for them to do right by U.S. citizens.
I have been married for 20 years and attempted to fix the status of my wife as a U.S. citizen but have been denied. I have paid my taxes as an adult citizen and have an absolute clean record with not even traffic citations, as well as my wife, but our representatives have failed in passing a law that will bring my wife out of the shadows and allow her to live free.
Al Escobedo
Valley Center