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... the LGBT organizations to issue a synchronized and well crafted statement to President Obama and Congress, asking that issues such as UAFA (Uniting American Families Act) be dealt with forthwith. ‘Carpe diem' – seize the 100th day! ...
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Uniting American Families Act has received one more co-sponsor this week, on April 23rd. Adam Smith, Democrat of Washington became the 96th co-sponsor in the House of Representatives, Bill HR1024. Unfortunately there has been no change ...
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... the faxes, the e-mails, the blogs etc. and to fight like crazy for the Uniting American families ACT (UAFA) - in truth the only real long term option for Shirley and the 40000 other couples/families in this dire situation. ...
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That's why gay rights activists are using the couple's case to push for passage of a long-stalled immigration reform bill, known as the Uniting American Families Act, which would give gay Americans the right to sponsor foreign-born ...
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Stonewall is getting together with Honor PAC, the Latino Equality Alliance, and Bienestar for a panel discussion of pertinent immigration issues that affect the LGBT community including the Uniting American Families Act and the Dream ...
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A new Canadian law took effect on April 17 granting Canadian citizenship to potentially hundreds of thousands of people, whether they live in Canada or not. An amendment to Canada's Citizenship Act restores Canadian citizenship to people forced to renounce it when they became citizens of another country (like the US), and it also grants Canadian citizenship to their children.

While the US is hardly unique in forcing naturalised citizens to renounce their former citizenship, other countries—like New Zealand—don’t require it. The US has case law that recognises the existence of dual nationality (being a citizen of two countries) for US-born US citizens, and such citizens who become citizens of another country through naturalisation don’t threaten their US citizenship unless the US government can prove that the US citizen specifically intended to end their US citizenship by be
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An expert panel will discuss current issues faced by these couples and their families; the status of the LGBT-friendly Uniting American Families Act; and UCSF policies around green card sponsorship. Speakers include Amos Lim, ...
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Ask them to cosponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) and to do what they can to help bi-national couples and their children. In the long term this is the only measure that may allow the Mercado Tan family to live as such in ...
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immigration equality rights | update shirley tan deportation options
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GLBT Immigration Equality in the US. I support HR 1024/S 424, the Uniting American Families Act, for GLBT immigration equality in the United States. For a regularly updated list of sponsors of the bills, check out the end of this post. ...
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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 ...
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Friday, April 10, 2009 at 3:22 p.m. The culture wars are making a comeback, but this time around, social conservatives find themselves in an unfamiliar position: playing defense.
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Pass Uniting American Families Act NOW! (0.00 / 0). We hear stories like this every day.... lives are being torn apart, families are being separated just because a LGBT American does not have the right to sponsor his/her partner for a ...
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We've called on the president to issue an executive order that will bestow just one of those rights, that of immigration sponsorship of one's life-partner, and make the Uniting American Families Act law....[Story continued here] ...
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meg, you rule. thanks for linking to the heartbreaking post about the mom facing deportation... there's a bill right now called the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA)...check out what you can do over at www.immigrationequality.org ...
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President Barack Obama President Barack Obama has named to the federal government's faith-based initiative a gay-rights activist who, last month, described Pope Benedict XVI and certain Catholic bishops as "discredited leaders" because of their opposition to same-sex marriage.
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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.
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