The story in this video was first brought to my attention last week on Facebook. It is a story not unlike so many I have heard in my work with Out4Immigration. Josh, an American, married Henry, who is from Venezuela, in a state that recognizes gay marriages (Connecticut) last year. If Josh was "Jane", he would have been able to petition the federal government to sponsor his husband for a green card. While there may be a waiting period and even an "investigation", the couple would not be looking
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For Same-Sex Binational Couples, Is the Time
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Gay Marriage Meets the Immigration Debate
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LauREN 1094 days ago
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A bill in Congress would allow citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners to immigrate legally in the same way heterosexuals sponsor their spouses. David used to be one of those people who say: “Get out of our country if you don’t belong here.” That was until he fell in love with an undocumented immigrant.
After seven years of living together, David, an American citizen, worries about his same-sex partner’s ability to remain in the country. Guille, 38, came to the U.S. over nine years ago from Colombia, and his tourist visa has expired.While federal immigration laws allow heterosexual residents to sponsor their spouses to immigrate to the country, gay and lesbian couples are not afforded the same benefit.
“My rights are being denied because Guille is a ‘boy,’” said David, 48, who asked for both of their last names to be withheld because of his partner’s immig
After seven years of living together, David, an American citizen, worries about his same-sex partner’s ability to remain in the country. Guille, 38, came to the U.S. over nine years ago from Colombia, and his tourist visa has expired.While federal immigration laws allow heterosexual residents to sponsor their spouses to immigrate to the country, gay and lesbian couples are not afforded the same benefit.
“My rights are being denied because Guille is a ‘boy,’” said David, 48, who asked for both of their last names to be withheld because of his partner’s immig
People Magazine story on binational couple
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UnitedByLove 1137 days ago
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Writer Susan Young takes the case for the Uniting American Families Act to the American people, in the current issue of People magazine. A Gay Mom Faces Deportation. The story of Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado that you've been following on ...
Out4Immigration Says State Law Still Excludes Gay Couples from 1,138 Federal Marriage Rights, including Immigration
MONTPELIER, VT — April 7, 2008 — The Vermont Legislature voted today to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The veto override will allow same-sex couples to marry and enjoy all the state benefits afforded to opposite-sex couples.
Vermont’s governor had argued that the state already had sufficient civil union laws on the books that gave gays and lesbians the same rights as married couples. State lawmakers and their constituents, however, felt that barring gays and lesbians from marriage and limiting them to civil unions was “separate but equal” treatment and not sufficient in maintaining equal rights for all Vermonters.
Vermont now becomes the fourth state to offer full state marriage benefits
MONTPELIER, VT — April 7, 2008 — The Vermont Legislature voted today to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The veto override will allow same-sex couples to marry and enjoy all the state benefits afforded to opposite-sex couples.
Vermont’s governor had argued that the state already had sufficient civil union laws on the books that gave gays and lesbians the same rights as married couples. State lawmakers and their constituents, however, felt that barring gays and lesbians from marriage and limiting them to civil unions was “separate but equal” treatment and not sufficient in maintaining equal rights for all Vermonters.
Vermont now becomes the fourth state to offer full state marriage benefits
The city and county of San Francisco has passed a resolution supporting the passage of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) by Congress. The UAFA would eliminate the barrier that same-sex binational couples now face when a gay or lesbian American tries to sponsor their foreign life partner for a green card and the right to stay together legally in the US. Opposite-sex binational couples have long been afforded such protections under US immigration law.
Amos Lim, a founding board member of Out4Immigration and a San Francisco resident was instrumental in getting this resolution passed, first by the Board of Supervisors and then by the Immigrant Rights Commission. The resolution makes San Francisco the first municipality to call for equal immigration rights for gays and lesbians at the federal level. It is only change at the federal level for any LGBT rights -- including m
Amos Lim, a founding board member of Out4Immigration and a San Francisco resident was instrumental in getting this resolution passed, first by the Board of Supervisors and then by the Immigrant Rights Commission. The resolution makes San Francisco the first municipality to call for equal immigration rights for gays and lesbians at the federal level. It is only change at the federal level for any LGBT rights -- including m
KazzaDrask Media: BREAKING: SHIRLEY TAN DEPORTATION STAYED UNTIL
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igualdad 1143 days ago
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Read the joint press release from Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA), Love Exiles and Out4Immigration. Watch this space for more on this case and the push by these organizations and their members and many others for Congress to pass the ...
KazzaDrask Media: HOT ON THE PRESS: OUT4IMMIGRATION NOW BLOGGING
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igualdad 1143 days ago
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Amos Lim and Kathy Drasky from Out4Immigration will contribute to the blog, LGBT Immigration Rights, as will Martha McDevitt-Pugh of Love Exiles and Chris Waddling, the binational couple outreach director for Marriage Equality USA. ...
Media Spotlight Lesbian Mom’s Fight To Stay in America (glaadBLOGorg)
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DividedByLaw 1143 days ago
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GLAAD is partnering with Immigration Equality on its media efforts to help keep a binational family in Pacifica, California from being separated from her partner of 23 years and their two children. Shirley Tan is on the brink of ...
Media Spotlight Lesbian Mom’s Fight To Stay in America
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GLAAD is partnering with Immigration Equality on its media efforts to help ... also co-sponsored the Uniting American Families act, or UAFA, a bill
HOT ON THE PRESS: OUT4IMMIGRATION JOINS APPEAL (KazzaDrask Media)
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JoseDFW 1145 days ago
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Numerous appeals are being made to the couples' Congressperson Jackie Speier and Senator Dianne Feinstein.
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