Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to exercise discretion in certain cases involving family members of U.S. citizens. Specifically, the Secretary can waive grounds of inadmissibility or deportability for spouses or children of U.S. citizens if removal would cause hardship. The Attorney General can exercise similar discretion for spouses, parents, or children of U.S. citizens. There is a presumption that family separation constitutes hardship.
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