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It is incredible to witness the thousands of private tax-exempt foundations, which could be donating billions of dollars to address domestic medical and educational needs, doggedly funding their own ideological objectives in myriad ways that harm the United States. As documented in my new book Foundations of Betrayal: How the Liberal Super-Rich Undermine America, hundreds of these big foundations specifically underwrite agendas aimed at radically changing the United States.

Ford’s website highlights its support of many political advocacy groups such as the Migration Policy Institute, the Immigrant Workers Citizenship Project and the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force....
We need your help to make sure that the historic Senate Judiciary hearing on the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) has the absolute best outcome possible. It is a very busy day in the Senate on Wednesday, June 3, and many Senators ...
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on “The Uniting American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law” for Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office ...
The creative juices are flowing. This one is courtesy a commentator using ‘allegedly queer’ as an insult for Yasmin Nair after her critique of Uniting American Families Act over at Queer Cents. Now, many bi-national same-sex couples took offense to the post given their own personal struggles. Few really saw why Ms. Nair was raising such an issue with UAFA. It’s a piece of legislation that serves a privileged few, keeps marriage and family as central to citizenship, and might detract from efforts at comprehensive immigration reform.
My own views on gay immigration politics are summed up here:
The movement for immigration reform–permeated in heterosexuality–has to incorporate queer voices and politics, and not just from ‘Immigration Equality‘, which mainly advocates for gay American citizens without really questioning the problems with the conception of ‘citizenship’ — a const
It's not the first time Congress has seen the UAFA—in fact, it's the sixth time the legislation, previously called the Permanent Partners Immigration Act, has been introduced. But advocates of the legislation think this time it finally ...
I mentioned last week that the Washington Post had come out in support of the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow people to sponsor their same-sex partner for immigration. Here, via Immigration Equality, is why we need this ...
2 | What Constitutes Gay Immigration Politics – Notes from a Queer Undocumented Organizer » Equal Roots. April 2nd, 2009 at 10:43 am. Avatar. [...] in the closet with the LGBT community. Ben, an ex-undocumented youth originally from ...

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Promoting public awareness of the need for fairness in immigration policy particularly as it relates to the rights of same-sex bi-national couples in the United States who seek equal immigration rights; Providing information regarding political issues relating to gay immigration equality issues, rights and policy.