Yaritza Mendez, a citywide outreach coordinator for the non-profit Make the Road New York, stands for a photo at the organization's office, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York. With changes in proposed legislation that would shift the country from a family-based immigration system to one that gives preference to skilled workers over family connections, Mendez, who is also attempting to petition for her mother to live in the U.S., and organizations like Make the Road, are staying busy advising clients seeking help in navigating the system. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Clarification: Trump-Immigration Families story

NEW YORK – In a story Aug. 3, The Associated Press reported about a new proposal that would do away with a family-based system in which immigrants can sponsor parents, children and siblings and help them become citizens. The proposal would provide exceptions for people to bring elderly immigrant parents to the U.S.

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