Adding LGBT to Immigration

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is expected to introduce a comprehensive immigration bill before the Senate let’s out this week for their midterm recess and according to reports, the measure will be LGBT-inclusive. Read more

Lesbian Mom to be Deported Today

Immigration Equality is calling on legislators to act on behalf of a Northern California family that may soon be torn apart because the parents are lesbians. Read more

Civil Rights = Civil War?

Civil unions could be a possible vehicle. Then a stand-alone bill limited to same sex immigration rights, similar to the Uniting Americans Family Act could work. He seemed to imply that without that vehicle, it wouldn’t work. More broadly, if DOMA is repealed, then granting federal benefits to couples who are civil unioned (or married, although he didn’t say married) would realize immigration rights. Read more