UPDATE: New Hope for Gay Foreign Spouses
In Washington the 2 faces of the Obama administration
has appeared again & denied benefits to a married gay
couple from San Francisco ordering the deportation
under DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) a man who is
the primary caregiver to his AIDS-afflicted husband.
Bradford Wells, a U.S. citizen & Anthony John Makk a
citizen of Australia were married in Massachusetts 7
years ago. They’ve lived together 19 years. The U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services denied Makk's
application for permanent residency as a spouse of a
US citizen citing DOMA the 1996 law that denies all
federal benefits to gay couples. Makk was ordered to
leave the United States by Aug. 25. Drew Hammill, a
spokesman for Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco,
said Pelosi has contacted immigration officials on
behalf of the couple & "will be working to exhaust all
appropriate immigration remedies that are open to
pursue." Updates to Come…
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I'm married just like any other married person in this country. At this point, the government can come in and take my husband and deport him. It's infuriating. It's upsetting. I have no power, no right to keep my husband in this country. I love this country, I live here, I pay taxes and I have no right to share my home with the person I married. Anyone can identify with the horror of having the government come in and destroy your family when you've done nothing wrong, and you've done everything right, followed every law.
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