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US lawmaker: Suspend deportation of gay spouses

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:00:53 +0000

(Hadonfield, N.J.) U.S. Rep. Rush Holt is pushing the Obama administration to halt deportation proceedings against the same-sex spouses of U.S. citizens.

The Democrat wrote a letter to the(...)

Culhane: State of the (Gay) Union

John Culhane — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:00:09 +0000

Like the good American I am, I spent an hour on Tuesday listening to the State of the Union address.

There was a lot to chew over, mostly on domestic policy and the need for a deep (yet(...)

Brazilian man, Mass. husband rejoin in asylum case

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:00:47 +0000

(Boston) A Brazilian man was reunited with his Massachusetts husband this week after U.S. Sen. John Kerry pressed federal officials to temporarily allow the 31-year-old gay man back into the(...)

Pradip’s story: What it’s like to be an undocumented immigrant

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:28:14 +0000

Note: “Pradip Hassan” is the name of a young man who is an undocumented worker from Bangladesh, living in NYC. We protect his name to keep him from being deported. Hassan will be a regular(...)

Mass. man says Brazilian husband denied US asylum

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:14 +0000

(Boston) The Massachusetts husband of a gay Brazilian man says his spouse has been denied asylum that would allow them to be reunited in the U.S.

Tim Coco said Monday that the Obama(...)

Wash. man gets 18 months in gay immigration fraud

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:26 +0000

(Seattle) A man accused of advising straight immigrants to claim homosexuality – and potential persecution in their home countries – when they applied for asylum has been sentenced to 18(...)