California Family Threatened by Discriminatory Immigration Laws

Immigration Equality today spoke out about a California family that may soon be torn apart. Due to immigration laws that discriminate against lesbian and gay couples, Shirley Tan will likely be deported April 3, separating her from her life partner Jay Mercado, their twelve-year-old twin sons, and Jay's mother, for whom Shirley is the primary caretaker. The deportation will send Shirley back to ...

Immigration Equality • Mar 28, 2009

White House restates support for binational couples to stay together

The president thinks Americans with partners from other countries should not be faced with a painful choice between staying with their partner or staying in their country. We will work closely with Congress to craft comprehensive immigration reform legislation....

Immigration Equality • Mar 26, 2009

Nadler, Leahy Reintroduce UAFA in House and Senate!

Kudos and thank you to all of you who called your Representative to ask him or her to be an original cosponsor of the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 (UAFA). Thanks to you, there are 75 original cosponsors in the House. This is five more original cosponsors than we had at introduction in the last Congress - and the bill wasn't introduced until May! We will continue to press members of Cong...

Immigration Equality • Feb 12, 2009

One More Thing You Can Do! Ask your family to call their Representatives!

Please call your Representative if you haven't yet! (see Feb. 5 blog below for a script if you are a member of a binational couple) AND: Ask your supportive parents, grandparents, siblings, children, nieces, nephews, etc. to call their Representative and ask them to be an original cosponsor of the "Uniting American Families Act of 2009" It's easy!...

Immigration Equality • Feb 11, 2009

Nadler reintroducing UAFA before Valentine's Day! Urge your Rep to cosponsor!

You can make the bill a success by convincing your Representative to support the bill from Day One. Reintroducing the bill with as many cosponsors as possible will show powerful momentum for the rights of gay and lesbian binational couples! . Please call your Representative and ask them to be an original cosponsor of the "Uniting American Families Act of 2009" . It's easy!...

Immigration Equality • Feb 5, 2009

New Yorkers: Senator Gillibrand Needs to Hear from You!

We urge our New York readers to call and congratulate your new Senator, and urge her to join Senator Schumer in supporting New York's lesbian and gay binational families by cosponsoring UAFA when it is reintroduced this year....

Immigration Equality • Jan 26, 2009