terroristweeks, two attacks in new york were made possible by the visa lottery and chamber gratian. in the age of terrorism, these programs present risks. we can just no longer afford. it is time to reform. these outdated immigration rules , and finally bring our immigration system into the 21st century. what is the impact of the president and republicans wanting to limit the petition to just spouses and minor children? imagine people who have a sibling, and that is their whole family, and they want to be with that sibling, or their parents. the one thing that is missed in this conversation is that citizens who are sponsoring someone to come in have to demonstrate that they are able to take care economically of that person. i have not heard that in this discussion, right? here is the other thing that always strikes me, is when the president said, there was one immigrant from this program that did something wrong, so we are going to get rid of this program. is,way i think about this imagine a member of congress does something wrong, which we seem to read about in the paper every sing