A slight feeling of dread would creep into Jim Danaher’s heart every time his boyfriend, Christof Spiesschaert, left the country. While Christof, a Belgian citizen, had a valid tourist visa, the document did not guarantee he would be let back into the U.S. once he left its borders. Entering the U.S. is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol,a separate department from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which grants visas.
Early last April when Jim found himself waiting for Christof to come striding into the arrival waiting area long after Christof’s plane from Mexico had landed at Chicago O’Hare, Jim knew something was wrong.
The couple had been in a relationship for about a year and a half after meeting in Florida in late 2004 while they were both on vacation. After the two exchanged a few short visits, including a Valentine’s D
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Love knows no boundaries but US immigration laws
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UnitedByLove 942 days ago
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Immigration Laws affect the GLBTQ community
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Fight4theRight 959 days ago
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I am privileged enough to see my life through the lens of a gay man and an immigrant!
I left the small town where I grew up in Latin America when I was only 17 years old. After growing up in an ultra conservative family and going to private Catholic school all my life, I could not have been more excited to move the United States. I was happy because I always admired the extremely high value that Americans place on equality and freedom, and I could not wait to live my life freely as a gay man in the United States.
After finishing my undergraduate education in the United States, I decided to go for my Masters thinking it would increase my chances of finding a more competitive job that would sponsor me for immigration purposes after my student visa expired. During this job search process I realized how broken the immigration system is in this country. It became ne
I left the small town where I grew up in Latin America when I was only 17 years old. After growing up in an ultra conservative family and going to private Catholic school all my life, I could not have been more excited to move the United States. I was happy because I always admired the extremely high value that Americans place on equality and freedom, and I could not wait to live my life freely as a gay man in the United States.
After finishing my undergraduate education in the United States, I decided to go for my Masters thinking it would increase my chances of finding a more competitive job that would sponsor me for immigration purposes after my student visa expired. During this job search process I realized how broken the immigration system is in this country. It became ne
Immigration laws force some gay couples to leave US
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USABound 972 days ago
(http://www.azstarnet.com)
"It's an unholy marriage of the immigration debate and the same-sex marriage debate," he said. "It's very combustible."
Lown's decision last month brought the issue to an unlikely place, a town of 90,000 where ranchers and roughnecks from the vast open lands come to do their banking and send their kids to the regional state college. The town's only other recent brush with national fame came last year when it housed the hundreds of children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in nearby Eldorado.
Lown's decision last month brought the issue to an unlikely place, a town of 90,000 where ranchers and roughnecks from the vast open lands come to do their banking and send their kids to the regional state college. The town's only other recent brush with national fame came last year when it housed the hundreds of children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in nearby Eldorado.
Green Card Laws Force Married Gay Couples into Exile
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BrenDAL 1029 days ago
(http://current.com)
...to sponsor your spouse for a green card, leaving binational gay couples ... difference to us now because it doesn’t affect immigration...
Are Gay Activists Too Wedded to the Cause? (Washington Post)
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BinatUK 1030 days ago
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Outlook: Are Gay Activists Too Wedded to the Cause?Washington Post, United StatesBi-national gay couples -- those in which one partner is a citizen and the other is not -- cannot take advantage of the state laws because they are governed by federal immigration law. I feel that rather than shutting down, the state organizations ...
WTF Gay Immigration
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JesSEA 1030 days ago
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...are so concerned about gay marriage, that they forget the 40,000+ bi-national couples that gay marriage does jack shit for. When a gay couple...
Immigration laws discriminate against lesbian and gay couples
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ATLdave 1033 days ago
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Chicago Page One Examiner reports that Immigration Equality is calling on legislators to act on behalf of a Northern California family that may soon
California Family Threatened by Discriminatory Immigration Laws
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freedom2immigrate 1038 days ago
(http://gay_blog.blogspot.com)
Immigration Equality today spoke out about a California family that may soon be torn apart.
Chicago Page One Examiner reports that Immigration Equality is calling on legislators to act on behalf of a Northern California family that may
Immigration laws discriminate against gay couples Lesbian mom to be deported
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uluckidog 1038 days ago
(http://www.topix.com)
Americans, Mercado cannot sponsor her partner of 23 years for immigration. The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) would remedy this...
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