All posts tagged "immigration"
-
Obama Talks Bullying, DOMA and Immigration at White House Roundtable
Today, President Obama talked about bullying and the Defense of Marriage Act over the course of a 50-minute “Open for Questions” roundtable moderated by Jose...
-
DOJ Argues DOMA’s Unconstitutionality Holds, Even in Immigration Context
To follow up on Metro Weekly‘s report, “Defending DOMA, Fighting Back,” about the Department of Justice filing on Friday, Sept. 2, in a challenge to...
-
Deserve American
Over the weekend, as I was working on my interview with Jose Antonio Vargas for this week's cover story, my nephew kept popping into my...
-
This Land Is Your Land
Jose Antonio Vargas came out of his first closet in high school, when he told his classmates and family he was gay. He came out...
-
Immigration Judge Closes Deportation Case Against Married Gay Man
Attorney Lavi Soloway writes, “San Francisco Immigration Judge Marilyn Teeter has granted Motion to Administratively Close Deportation of gay Venezuelan Alex...
-
Immigration Judge Decides to Take Lesbian’s Marriage-Based Application Under Consideration
Sujey Pando, who is from Mexico and seeking asylum in the United States after facing a series of abuses and rape in Mexico, also married...
-
Prosecutorial Discretion
Responding on behalf of President Barack Obama, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid detailing that the...
-
White House Briefing: Bond, Bankruptcy, Immigration and Obama
In today’s White House briefing both Metro Weekly and Kerry Eleveld with Equality Matters got in questions about LGBT issues, with Eleveld following up on...
-
“Interest of Justice” Leads Immigration Judge To Reopen Case, Ask About “Same-Sex Spouses” and Visas
A Maryland immigration judge issued an order on June 24 reopening Rodrigo Martinez’s immigration case “in the interest of justice.” The unusual move — or...
-
Get Equal to Ask White House Pride Reception Attendees to Go on a “Scavenger Hunt”
On Wednesday, June 29, President Barack Obama and the First Lady are due to host the LGBT Pride Month Reception at the White House. Today,...
-
HHS Gives $250,000 to Create Resource Center for LGBT Refugees
The Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families today announced it has a awarded a $250,000 contract to the Heartland Alliance of Chicago...
-
National LGBT Immigration Strategy Meeting Set For Wednesday
Immigration Equality plans to host a meeting in New York City on Wednesday, May 18, to discuss strategies for helping keep bi-national same-sex couples from...
-
A Complicated Path
In El Paso, Texas, on May 10, President Barack Obama told the crowd assembled for a lengthy address on comprehensive immigration reform, ''I don't believe...
-
Obama Does Not Mention Same-Sex Bi-National Couples in Extensive Immigration Speech
Today, in an extensive speech addressing his aims for comprehensive immigration reform, President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd in El Paso, Texas, about his...
-
A Presidential Duty
Lesbian and gay couples have fought for inclusion in our family-based immigration system for decades. Today, the president himself agrees that discrimination against married bi-national...
