Dear Mr. President,
Did you see any difference between these families? The U.S. government does! Listen to your mother.
You are aware of our situation. Joseph Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Eric Holder and all of Congress are too. Why do you think it is fair for us to wait forever and ever? We used to have a dog together, a family to go out and share little things that life brings, but for almost 2 years we have lost all the moments that you and most Americans have.
When are you going to act? We don't even have the right to sit at the back of the bus.You said, "You read about some injustice and you say, Thats not right. Some one should fix that. We realize no one else is going to fix it if you don't." With all due respect Mr. President, our situation is not right and you should fix it.
Genesio Oliveira and Tim Coco (www.reunitethisfamily.com)
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Dear Mr President VIDEO Listen to Your Mother Reunite this Family (UAFA, DOMA)
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uluckidog 1101 days ago
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Yasmin Nair Eat This Or How to Leave Comments Without Going up In Flames
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uluckidog 1101 days ago
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I recently began my stint as a regular contributor on queercents.com. The blog, devoted to queers and money, has a tagline that reads: "We're here, we're queer, and we're not going shopping without coupons." My first post was about the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), widely touted by many in the gay community as the gay immigration bill. I work on and write about immigration a lot, and it made sense that a subject so intimately connected to labor issues should be discussed on queercents. To date, there has been no widespread discussion on UAFA. Instead, like gay marriage, UAFA has been thrust down our collective queer throat as something we should all support. My piece, to the best of my knowledge, is among the very, very few to explicitly critique UAFA. The immigration scholar Eithne Luibhéid has written about UAFA in a special issue of GLQ (14:2-3), but it's not available to a g
Uniting American Families Act (UAFA)
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uluckidog 1105 days ago
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...all gay and lesbian Americans, including those who reside in states that have passed same sex marriage (thanks to DOMA), is immigration rights.
At a townhall meeting this past weekend I asked Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-12)—who represents my district—about immigration reform as it pertains to bi-national same-sex couples.
Speier is one of 97 co-sponsors for the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which provides a path to citizenship for bi-national same-sex couples where one of the partners is not a natural-born or naturalized citizen. I asked Speier what was the best method of passing UAFA, either as a stand-alone measure or as a part of more comprehensive immigration reform. I framed the question around the story of Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado, a local bi-national lesbian couple nearly split apart by deportation. Speier responded directly:
So the only way that bill is going to get passed is
Speier is one of 97 co-sponsors for the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which provides a path to citizenship for bi-national same-sex couples where one of the partners is not a natural-born or naturalized citizen. I asked Speier what was the best method of passing UAFA, either as a stand-alone measure or as a part of more comprehensive immigration reform. I framed the question around the story of Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado, a local bi-national lesbian couple nearly split apart by deportation. Speier responded directly:
So the only way that bill is going to get passed is
Going to get Sort of Political
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uluckidog 1117 days ago
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The UAFA would allow Gay US Citizens to sponosor their Same Sex partners ... reconnize same sex relationships or marriage for immigration purposes.
This is Why We March
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uluckidog 1117 days ago
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One of the major pieces of immigration reform currently before Congress is the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA).
Emergency legislation favors lesbian in US illegally (OneNewsNow)
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uluckidog 1119 days ago
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A pro-family activist says it is "ridiculous" that California Senator Dianne Feinstein has introduced legislation designed to help an illegal alien who is a lesbian remain in the U.S.
The case involves 43-year-old Philippines national Shirley Tan, who came to the United States on a visitor's visa in 1989. She overstayed that visa and has been living in a lesbian relationship with a naturalized citizen in Pacifica, California.
Immigration authorities have ordered her to leave the country, but at the urging of homosexual rights groups Senator Diane Feinstein (D-California) intervened, arguing that if Tan's homosexual partner was a man, they could marry, and she could be eligible for residency.
Feinstein has now introduced an emergency immigration bill on behalf of Tan. That means Tan cannot be deported unless Congress votes down the legislation or it is allowed to expire witho
The case involves 43-year-old Philippines national Shirley Tan, who came to the United States on a visitor's visa in 1989. She overstayed that visa and has been living in a lesbian relationship with a naturalized citizen in Pacifica, California.
Immigration authorities have ordered her to leave the country, but at the urging of homosexual rights groups Senator Diane Feinstein (D-California) intervened, arguing that if Tan's homosexual partner was a man, they could marry, and she could be eligible for residency.
Feinstein has now introduced an emergency immigration bill on behalf of Tan. That means Tan cannot be deported unless Congress votes down the legislation or it is allowed to expire witho
Cori K. Garland, SAY "I DO": THE JUDICIAL DUTY TO HEIGHTEN CONSTITUTIONAL SCRUTINY OF IMMIGRATION POLICIES AFFECTING SAME-SEX BINATIONAL COUPLES, Indiana Law Journal, Volume 84, Number 2, Spring 2009, 689. Click Headline Title to Read 22 page report:
Summary: Current immigration law and policy in conjunction with DOMA drastically restrict the possibility for same-sex binational couples to live together legally in the United States. Nancy and Eric are not anomalies: the exclusion from the family preference avenue leaves same-sex binational couples no option but to employ other costly legal, and sometimes illegal, means to stay together in this country. These individuals, by virtue of their sexual orientation, are denied the fundamental right of marriage and equal protection under the law. An opposite-sex binational couple simply does not face this same obstacle to living t
Summary: Current immigration law and policy in conjunction with DOMA drastically restrict the possibility for same-sex binational couples to live together legally in the United States. Nancy and Eric are not anomalies: the exclusion from the family preference avenue leaves same-sex binational couples no option but to employ other costly legal, and sometimes illegal, means to stay together in this country. These individuals, by virtue of their sexual orientation, are denied the fundamental right of marriage and equal protection under the law. An opposite-sex binational couple simply does not face this same obstacle to living t
Pro-Homosexual Uniting American Families Act Going unnoticed by Conservatives
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uluckidog 1123 days ago
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I was talking to a liberal friend the other day and we were joking about how stupid some religious conservatives can be. However, the total neglect of this next issue really doesn’t do any favors for the reputation of the intelligence of the entire faction. You see, while the Christian Right has been protesting the nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Heath and Human Services Secretary - a move that would result in the removal of a pro-choice governor in a pro-life state and put her in a position that’s going to be filled by a pro-choicer regardless and have no impact on the life debate in this country… they’ve simultaneously missed the “Uniting American Families Act.”
I do want to give credit to Michigan’s Liberty Conservative Blogger, Michigan Redneck, for bringing this to my attention. For the record, I actually support the Uniting American Families Act (U
I do want to give credit to Michigan’s Liberty Conservative Blogger, Michigan Redneck, for bringing this to my attention. For the record, I actually support the Uniting American Families Act (U
Immigration Gay vs Straight
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uluckidog 1123 days ago
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...who don’t talk enough about illegal immigration. According to the ... marriage, yet they stay strangely silent regarding the UAFA Bill. I
WTF Binational and UAFA
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uluckidog 1124 days ago
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Act (UAFA, H.R. 1024, S. 424) is a U.S. bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration...
Act of Congress Allows Mom to Stay
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uluckidog 1126 days ago
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If you’re interested in helping pass the UAFA in Congress, you can visit the Immigration Equality page that lists ideas including writing...
Senator Feinstein Emergency Bill Saves SameSex Couple from Deportation (Indybay)
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uluckidog 1127 days ago
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Kathy Drasky - Because federal immigration law does not currently allow LGBT Americans to sponsor their partners, it took an emergency bill introduced on the Senate floor yesterday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to keep one same-sex binational couple and their family together in the United States.
Jay Mercado, an American woman and Shirley Tan, her Filipino partner, live in Pacifica, California with their 12-year-old twin sons, both American citizens. Shirley had been ordered to appear for deportation on May 10, but the emergency bill will keep this family together at least through 2010.
Jay Mercado, an American woman and Shirley Tan, her Filipino partner, live in Pacifica, California with their 12-year-old twin sons, both American citizens. Shirley had been ordered to appear for deportation on May 10, but the emergency bill will keep this family together at least through 2010.
Lesbian Mom Gets Deportation Reprieve
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uluckidog 1127 days ago
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U.S. immigration law prevents gay, lesbian and bi people from ... to fight like crazy for the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) - in truth the
Shirley Tan can stay
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uluckidog 1127 days ago
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However Shirleys ultimate saviour will be UAFA and nothing else! ... An immigration ‘Hail Mary’ Lesbian mother faces deportation
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