Who is really pointing the dagger to the heart of immigration reform, the senator who seeks to include permanent partners (including gays) or the Bishops and evangelicals who oppose it? As Julia Preston reported in the New York Times a week ago, the powerful chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, has set off a huge and mainly behind-the-scenes panic among certain religious supporters of so-called comprehensive immigration reform. Bishop John Wester, who heads the Catholic bishops’ Committee on Migration, wrote to the Congressional committee chairs who are beginning to work on immigration that Leahy’s Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) would “erode the institution of marriage and family.”
And just how “comprehensive” will immigration reform be if it fails to address the special horror of loving, stable bi-national couples being torn apart becaus
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An omnibus immigration reform bill has been introduced in the U.S. House containing language that would allow gay Americans to sponsor their foreign partners for residency.
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced the legislation, known as the Reuniting Families Act, on Thursday.Steve Ralls, spokesperson for Immigration Equality, said the language in the immigration reform bill is virtually identical to the Uniting American Families Act.
"Congressman Honda has been with the LGBT community on every single issue that we have faced," Ralls said. "He has been adamant from day one that he wanted the LGBT community included in this legislation, too."
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the Uniting American Families Act earlier this week. One witness, Shirley Tan, described how she faces deportation from her family in 2011 under current law. An
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced the legislation, known as the Reuniting Families Act, on Thursday.Steve Ralls, spokesperson for Immigration Equality, said the language in the immigration reform bill is virtually identical to the Uniting American Families Act.
"Congressman Honda has been with the LGBT community on every single issue that we have faced," Ralls said. "He has been adamant from day one that he wanted the LGBT community included in this legislation, too."
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the Uniting American Families Act earlier this week. One witness, Shirley Tan, described how she faces deportation from her family in 2011 under current law. An
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