John & Mary

I have a former student who came to the US on the VWP from Argentina when she was seven years old. Now in her late 20s, she has married a US citizen and is an LTR, citizenship application pending. 
 
Her little brother is about to turn 21 and is a natural-born US citizen. He wants to petition for both their parents. Supposedly, he went to see an attorney who told him that he could not petition for both parents at the same time-- this is incorrect, yes? Unless it's because he can't meet the I-864 minimum sponsorship requirements.
 
My concern is that while both her parents entered the US legally on the VWP, it was nearly 30 years ago and they have been out-of-status all this time. Will that time be forgiven as it is with spousal visas?
 
Thank you in advance for your thoughts. 

The President has to work with both sides of the house on these issues so blaming the problem on one individual is ignorant of the system of government we enjoy in this wonderful country.
The real problem lies in the fact that these Congressman and Senators have done nothing for over 60 years about immigration reform. This means there has been quite a few Presidents in that time so I see no reason to blame Obama now. The system has failed the people because the citizens have allowed these lazy politicians to do what the lobbyists demand not what is best for the people. We need to ask how these same politicians have remained in the same office for so many years. The answer is simply apathy and ignorance. I read recently read the 87% of the citizens say they are tired of the inability of these politicians to affect any significant change in any of the serious issue we face in this great country.

This is good advise. Your letter is filled with understood anger and wasted sarcasm that will cause anyone to simply laugh at the effort and disregard the actual message.

What a bunch of nonsense. Seriously, blaming Obama for this is silly and childish.

Jon and Sol, as much as I enjoyed your first reference to Dan Savage, you outdid yourself on your second post, which I suspect will be received even more obliquely than the first. From my vantage point, your last sentence may be the single most exquisitely ironic post I have ever seen on VJ.
Therefore, by the power vested in me, I thusly present you with a full 10 out of 10 points.

My husband was also denied entry in Atlanta, back when he was just my boyfriend, and the circumstances surrounding it were just strange. No one flirted with him, but the CBP officer made some pretty indecipherable comments. We have since learned that Atlanta is a training lab for new CBP officers, hence the prevalence of immaturity and unprofessional behavior reported in this thread.
We are with you-- we haven't used Atlanta as a POE again and won't until my husband is a citizen, which is a pretty big inconvenience because that's where we live!