To Commemorate Memorial Day, Senator Menendez Introduces Bill in Support of Military Family Unity
Military Families Act would adjust the status of immediate family members of active military service members to that of lawful permanent residents

May 26, 2011

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Harry Reid (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reintroduced legislation that would grant lawful permanent residence status to the immigrant immediate family members of active-duty Armed Forces personnel. Under the Military Families Act, the Department of Homeland Security would adjust the status of an individual to that of lawful permanent resident if the individual is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter of an Armed Forces member who is serving or has served honorably in an active-duty status in the military, air, or naval forces of the United States since 2001 or who died while serving our country. The bill would also assist the sons and daughters of a Filipino World War II veteran who bravely served our country.

"We owe the men and women who risk their lives in service of our nation so much, and that should include the right to be united with their closest family members in our country on a permanent basis,â€