Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180212:16:36:00
But their cousins and grandparents are still out of luck. the u.s. also caps the number of family-based immigrants each year at 500,000. and while that might sound like a lot, it gets broken up into tiers. for all u.s. citizen sponsors, the number of siblings admitted each year is capped at 65,000. for married children, it's just 23,400 a year. on top of that, there are caps imposed on countries of origin. there are waiting periods of up to 15 years to process an application for family members from india. 19 years for those coming from mexico. 23 years for families from the philippines. in fac...