Immigration Equality Blog

Immigration Equality Responds to the State of the Union

For binational families, the key to making the state of their unions stronger lies in ending green card denials, passing UAFA and allowing them to play by the same rules as their straight neighbors. Immigration Equality is committed to working side-by-side with the White House to make that vision a reality. Read more

January 24, 2012 / by Steve Ralls / Comments: 6

Immigration Equality Hails New Government Training Module for LGBTI Asylum Claims

Immigration Equality hailed today’s release of a newly-created training module, “Guidance for Adjudicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Refugee and Asylum Claims” by USCIS.The guidance, which follows two years of coordination between USCIS and Immigration Equality, instructs asylum officers on substantive aspects of the law and highlights the unique difficulties that LGBTI claimants may experience in articulating their claims for asylum. Read more

January 24, 2012 / by Steve Ralls

Leader Pelosi thanks LGBT Binational Families for their Patriotism

Today, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on a phone call with over one hundred Immigration Equality supporters, most of whom are directly affected by discrimination against LGBT families in immigration law. Read more

January 19, 2012 / by Julie Kruse / Comments: 3