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Entry Denied: A Documentary about Same-Sex Binational Couples

Mon, 09/12/2011 - 15:06

Entry Denied

To date, there have been just a handful of projects that tell our stories to the world. Entry Denied, a documentary film by Machu Latorre, currently in post-production is almost ready to join the ranks with Judy Rickard’s book Torn Apart and Sebastian Cordoba’s film Through Thick and Thin.


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DOMA Deportations Could Stop: More Couples Making Headlines

Tue, 08/23/2011 - 11:27

It has been an incredible summer for same-sex binational couples, with numerous cases, rulings and directives that may signal the beginning of the end of DOMA-based deportations.


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Uniting American Families Act Reintroduced with Record Support

Fri, 04/15/2011 - 09:08

Media Contacts:
Amos Lim, Out4Immigration, 415-608-5526, amos@out4immigration.org
Kathy Drasky, Out4Immigration, 415-606-2085, kathy@out4immigration.org

Legislation and Letter from Congress Increases Demand for Protection of Same-Sex Binational Couples, Families from Discriminatory Immigration Law


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USCIS: Allow Love, and Say Yes to Keeping Our Families in the US

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 19:47

by Chris Barnett, cross-posted from Daily Kos and Out4Immigration's blog

This posting is dedicated to Gina, who is soon exiling herself from her home on the West Coast to be with her partner in the UK. We should be ashamed to let ourselves lose this good citizen as she does what she must for herself, and for love.


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First Steps on Same-Sex Binationals Path to Green Cards

Mon, 03/28/2011 - 13:41

crossposted from Out4Immigration's blog.... by Kathy Drasky


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First Steps on Same-Sex Binationals Path to Green Cards

Mon, 03/28/2011 - 13:40

crossposted from Out4Immigration's blog.... by Kathy Drasky


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TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN SAN JOSE WITH REP. ZOE LOFGREN AND REP. MIKE HONDA TO ADDRESS LGBT ISSUES - August 7 and 14

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 15:31
TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN SAN JOSE WITH
REP. ZOE LOFGREN AND REP. MIKE HONDA TO
ADDRESS LGBT ISSUES - August 7 and 14

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Don't Leave LGBT Families Out of Immigration Reform!

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 11:43

The following op-ed was published on New American Media about the need to make sure that Comprehensive Immigration Reform includes LGBT Families!


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It is time for action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:49

On April 29th, 2010, Sen Schumer, Sen Reid, Sen Menendez, Sen Durbin, Sen Feinstein and Sen Leahy introduced a framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) providing a blueprint of what the upcoming CIR bill will look like.

 


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Out4Immigration’s Weekly Letter Writing Campaign for LGBT Immigration Rights Marks 1-Year Milestone

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 17:27

One year ago, Gina Caprio, an American citizen living in Sacramento, CA was determined to do something to change the way unjust US immigration law was affecting her life. Caprio had fallen in love with someone in the UK a few years earlier. The relationship had taken the usual twists and turns associated with a long-distance romance, but when Caprio and her partner decided they wanted to live together in the US, a door slammed shut.


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