How do you figure? The USCIS page talks about the program mentioned by NPR, where a limited number of visas are available for extended family of US citizens.
“immediate family” in US immigration refers to a spouse or fiance of a US citizen, certain minor children of US citizens, and parents of adult US citizens.
“extended family” refers to children (including adult children) of US citizens not considered “immediate family”, adult siblings of US citizens, and spouses and children (including adult children) of permanent residents.
This creates and immense opportunity for lying by way of equivocation, where a statement which is accurate only because the definition of a key term in the context of the statement is different than what the audience understands it to be is used to convey a message which depends on the audience interpreting the statement according to a different definition of that term.
I disagree. They're fact checking this statement that Trump made:
> Under the current, broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives.
In response they write:
> It’s true that an immigrant can sponsor extended family members for visas — but only after he or she becomes a U.S. citizen.
The vast majority of people reading the statement and response to it would be unaware that the only "extended family" they can sponsor are their siblings. If anything, it seems to confirm the false statement that "a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives," simply adding some caveats about the process being difficult and taking years.
Not only does it change, but the specific NPR statement is false in both the technical and general senses; but I was responding to the general back and forth on HN about “extended family”, not the specific issued with the NPR claim.
> A U.S. citizen can file a petition for the following relatives: • Husband or wife; • Children, married or unmarried A U.S. citizen who is at least 21 years or older may also petition for the following relatives: • Parents; • Brothers or sisters.
From my understanding (and from everything I can find on the USCIS site and all other immigration sites), a U.S. citizen can sponsor immediate family members. They can not sponsor extended family members (cousins, uncles, in-laws, etc.).
[1] https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/A1...
not trying to cast shade on any arguments made already or anything im just legitimately curious about it from a logical perspective