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“We applaud Senator Leahy for organizing the hearing today about the Uniting American Families Act and for advocating for the inclusion of lesbian and gay binational families in comprehensive immigration reform. This bill is critical to our mission of promoting the health and well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. UAFA is one step towards ending discrimination and securing civil rights for this population.”
Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA), a long-time champion of the LGBT community, will soon introduce The Reuniting Families Act . This landmark immigration bill ends harmful practices that prevent loving families from being together. Many PFLAG members know firsthand about families being broken apart because of long visa wait times and discrimination against LGBT families, and this bill can prevent these heartbreaking stories.
According to Immigration Equality, an organization that does heroic work on behalf of same-sex, bi-national couples, an estimated 36000 such couples face similar situations simply because, to date, the United States has refused to level ...

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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.