Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Close family ties Date:   6/30/2017 10:21:28 AM

I suppose it depends on the context.  Regarding immigration I would say no and here is why.  It's like a pyramid scheme.  Man comes over, brings wife and kids.  Then brings parents.  They then bring their other children with their spouses and children.  The spouses of their children then bring their parents over.  Their parents then bring their children and their spouses and children and so on and so on. I can't put my parents on my health insurance as immediate family.  They are considered my extended family in so many other ways and immigration should be no exception.