Our son just married a foreigner who has never been to the US. We now face over a years wait and thousands of dollars of expenses to get her to the US on any kind of visa.
My brother just finished getting his wife of 5 years a green card and she just made her first ever visit to the US with him.
When you see the financial and emotional effort it takes to legally immigrate to the US..it really makes you outright hostile to those who propose any type of amnesity for illegals.
Many of these green cards do go to husbands and wives of US citizens..and they aren’t easy to get or a slam dunk. Even for those who have been married for years.
BTW..neither of them will go to work. Our family mostly believes in stay at home Moms with Dad out working.