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Post-DOMA – How Can LGBT Persons Benefit Under Current Immigration Laws?
With the Defense of Marriage Act dead, marriage equality provides more than 1,100 federal benefits previously unavailable to same-sex spouses. I’m pretty sure that is an undercount given I can think of a hundred different immigration benefits alone. There are more than 24,000 Read More …
Agony and The Real Hobson’s Choice
Not all violence is physical. Yesterday evening, I willed myself to watch the Senate Judiciary Committee throw certain immigrant families under the bus, including, but not limited to, same sex bi-national couples, and relatives of certain U.S. citizens. I knew it was Read More …
On Dog Bites and Bombs
Recommended reading for the week: This Dog Bites Several years ago, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) dropped a bomb on my family. My mother was declared legal because her mother is a U.S. citizen, my father was Read More …
Clarying USCIS On Gay Green Cards
Last week, USCIS told us that they would hold green card petitions filed by same-sex married couples in abeyance. This week, they are telling the press something else. The last thing the agency wants is to spread the perception that Read More …
No Blanket Deferred Action for DREAM Act Students
Here’s a persistent media myth that needs to die: President Obama is not deporting undocumented students. Actually, he is. The President keeps reiterating his support for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. He did so on Univision last night. Read More …