Washington Post: Gay immigration bill (UAFA) corrects “a gross unfairness”
activism, lgbt, politics Add comments (3)A Washington Post editorial today comes out in favor of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which would allow gay Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners and provide a legal path to U.S. citizenship.
The strain of the status quo on gay and lesbian binational couples should not be discounted. Because their relationships are not legally recognized by the United States, some couples have resorted to illegal marriages where the foreign nationals marry Americans to get green cards that allow them to stay in the country permanently. In other cases, Americans have exiled themselves to be with their partners. Sixteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, South Africa and the United Kingdom, allow residents to sponsor same-sex permanent partners for legal immigration. American gays and lesbians should not have to choose between their country and their partners.
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy who introduced the bill spoke recently on Vermont Public Radio…
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For more on the UAFA…
- Immigration bill to unite gay binational couples with path to citizenship
- Urge judiciary committees to take action on gay immigration bill (UAFA)
March 16th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
So glad to hear that more medias show the support to give the equal immigration rights to the same sex bi-national couples. Hope that will draw more public attention, and help to pass that law.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
UAFA is a dream that many bi-national gay and lesbian couples including me & my partner, have been waiting for many years since 2000.
We have suffered so much because of the because of discriminatory immigration laws that can not make us to stay together legally in US, forced to live in another countries to be a secondary class citizens. Also suffered the financial loss because we need to spend the money in other countries instead ….
Therefore I wish if you support UAFA, please help us by calling the representative in your areas to ask them to support UAFA.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Crossing my fingers. Please this bill needs to pass cause I am just too old to be moving to a different country to live with someone I love. We both wanna live in the US. Dont ask for money or gold. Heaven pleaseeeee give me happiness and peace of mind before I die.