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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 …
How the Senate Immigration Bill Overturns Matter of Wang, Clarifies the Child Status Protection Act and Should Put an End to the Government’s Appeal In De Osorio
One of the good parts of the Senate immigration bill, dissected here, is that it should put an end to the litigation concerning aging out of children under immigration laws. If you are new to this, Congress passed the Child Status Protection Read More …
Morons of the Week: California Supreme Court Chickens Out on Gay Marriage
With a 6-1 vote, separate but equal was upheld in California. Congratulations Californians, the ‘will of the majority’ to take a particular category of people and deny them civil rights is going to stand. The California Supreme Court, no matter Read More …
Actual Relevant Text of CA Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage
The court decision is such a tease; they don’t ‘come out’ with it till page 7 – “…an individual’s sexual orientation — like a person’s race or gender — does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or Read More …