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

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.


First Steps on Same-Sex Binationals Path to Green Cards

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


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

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

Don't Leave LGBT Families Out of Immigration Reform!

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


Out of the Closet and Out of the Shadows: NQAPIA Statement on LGBT Immigration and the AAPI Community

Washington, DC:  Today, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) joins the chorus of voices calling for comprehensive immigration reform that truly meets the needs of everyone who calls this country home.  Members of Congress and national organizations here in Washington, DC recognize the urgency for passing legislation that fixes our broken immigration system.  Beyond the Beltway as well, lesbian/ gay/ bisexu


It is time for action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

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.

 


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

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.


Urge Sen Schumer and Rep Lofgren to include LGBT Families in their Comprehensive Immigration Bill.

from LGBT Immigration Rights on change.org 

The New York Times reported on Nov 13th, 2009, that White House will start the push for Immigration Reform early next year (White House to Begin Push on Immigration Overhaul in 2010).


It is time we stop tearing LGBT Families apart - pass the Uniting American Families Act now!

On August 18th, 2009, I appeared before the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee with Ms Gina Caprio, Melanie Nathan, Equality California (EQCA

Lesbian Mom Shirley Tan Testifies for the Uniting American Families Act

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One of the greatest injustices dealt to gay and lesbian couples because of the lack of marriage rights, is their inability to sponsor their would-be spouses for citizenship. The Uniting American Families Act would change that allowing "permanent partners" of permanent residents to be sponsored for permanent residency. First introduced in 2000, the bill has stalled in the judiciary committee in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007.