We represent U.S. citizens in advancing solutions to overcome immigration issues for their spouses and children, the highest priority for legal immigration.

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Our Mission

American Families United proposes practical solutions to Congress and supports efforts to advance legislation that affects U.S. citizens married to foreign nationals.

Our Priorities

Recognize U.S. citizen’s rights in immigration denials, detentions, and deportations due to inadmissibilities

Expedite immigration petitions of U.S. citizens spouses and children

Ensure fair and equitable immigration and tax treatment of U.S. citizens, their spouses, and children

Our Impact

$11.3 billion in direct relief during the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S. citizens who had been excluded because they were married to immigrants
Relief for more than a quarter of a million families caught in multi-year security check delays from 2002 through 2008
Supporting the American Families United Act in the 113th-116th congresses. This legislation would help nearly 2 million families of U.S. citizens that have been separated or face separation by spousal immigration denials or deportations
Asking Congress in 2009 to stop deporting step-children of U.S. citizens simply for having birthdays, and proposing a solution to reunite these families
Testifying before Congress on the Separation of Nuclear Families in U.S. Immigration Law in 2013
Asking for the i601a provisional waiver in 2011, and supporting ensuing regulatory change in 2012 which has helped keep 146,547 families together between 2014 and 2018
Holding annual national grassroots lobby days

If you or someone you care about is a U.S. citizen who faces the specter of family separation, you need us and we need you.

With your support as a donor or volunteer, we aim to expand training, outreach, and constituent mobilization programs to bring the faces and stories of these families to Capitol Hill and to the public.

American Families United is a non-partisan 501(c)(4) non-profit organization established in 2006. We are the leading voice on legislation to help our community.