Young Oak Kim: “As a legal immigrant myself, I believe it is important to recognize the difference between legal and illegal…”

“As a legal immigrant myself, I believe it is important to recognize the difference between legal and illegal immigration. My compliance with the law and subsequent naturalization has instilled in me a sense of pride and responsibility. I am sure that these same feelings are shared by all legal immigrants who come to the United States in search of American dreams and a better life for their families. This is why I strongly support this bill's basic principle of family reunification. However, I believe it is unfortunate that, in the rush to reform our immigration system, we have overlooked a key part of that basic premise. As currently written, the bill eliminates immigration by adult sons and daughters and brothers and sisters. I am concerned by the arbitrary determinations being made about which family member is more important than the other member. They are based on age alone. According to the bill, someone's 20-year-old son is considered their son, but once he turn 21, he is no longer their son unless he is unmarried. Does it make sense to anyone? I do not think so.”