by Tom Tierney
FIRM/Center for Community Change endorsed the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) this week. FIRM/CCC is part of the management team of Reform Immigration for America (RI4A), the group organizing the march in DC on March 21.
This is why getting active in local Immigration organizations and telling your story is so important!
Out of the 16 groups that comprise the RI4A management team, 4 have now endorsed UAFA.
If you have connections to any of these groups or if they are near you, get in touch and get active!
1. Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum
2. Ana Avendano, AFL-CIO
3. Angela Kelley, Center for American Progress
4. Angelica Salas, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
5. Clarissa Martinez, National Council of La Raza (Already endorsed UAFA)
6. Craig Regelbrugge, Agricultural Employers Coalition
7. Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change (Already endorsed UAFA)
8. Arturo S. Rodriguez, UFW
9. Eliseo Medina, SEIU (Already endorsed UAFA)
10. Esther Lopez, UFCW
11. Frank Sharry, America’s Voice
12. Gustavo Torres, CASA de Maryland, Inc.
13. Jen Smyers, Church World Service
14. Karen Narasaki, Asian American Justice Center (Already endorsed UAFA)
15. Ramon Ramirez, CAUSA (Portland, OR)
16. Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference for Civil Rights
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Friday, March 05, 2010
FIRM calls for LGBT Inclusion in Immigration Reform
Statement by the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) on the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA)
We are moved by stories of bi-national couples who are fighting to keep their families together amidst a broken immigration system. Thousands of bi-national couples who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) are at risk of separation. With no clear pathway towards legalization nor federal recognition of same-sex couples, these couples live constantly in a state of fear or exile.
We believe that keeping families together should be an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform. We believe that we strengthen our communities and our nation when we support the right of all families to stay together, including LGBT families.
This is why we support the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). UAFA would add the term “permanent partner” to those sections of the Immigration and Naturalization Act that apply to legally married couples. Under UAFA, a “permanent partner” is an adult who is in a committed, intimate relationship with another adult in “which both parties intend a lifelong commitment.” This legislation would afford equal immigration benefits to permanent partnerships as exist for married heterosexuals.
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We are moved by stories of bi-national couples who are fighting to keep their families together amidst a broken immigration system. Thousands of bi-national couples who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) are at risk of separation. With no clear pathway towards legalization nor federal recognition of same-sex couples, these couples live constantly in a state of fear or exile.
We believe that keeping families together should be an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform. We believe that we strengthen our communities and our nation when we support the right of all families to stay together, including LGBT families.
This is why we support the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). UAFA would add the term “permanent partner” to those sections of the Immigration and Naturalization Act that apply to legally married couples. Under UAFA, a “permanent partner” is an adult who is in a committed, intimate relationship with another adult in “which both parties intend a lifelong commitment.” This legislation would afford equal immigration benefits to permanent partnerships as exist for married heterosexuals.
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