rssHonda promises to push for visa reform with gay rights in the next Congress
Friday, November 05, 2010 at 11:45 am
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I missed it yesterday, but Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) pledged yesterday to re-introduce the Reuniting Families Act in the GOP-run House next session. The bill would overhaul the slow, backlogged system for doling out family reunification visas, which some argue motivates visa applicants to immigrate illegally instead.
The act is noteworthy because it allows gay and lesbian citizens or permanent residents to petition for their foreign-born partners to come to the United States. Of course, given the Republican slant of the next Congress, it seems unlikely to pass. But Honda remains committed to keeping gay rights as part of the bill. He explained his reasoning for the bill in a joint op-ed with Cleveland Browns player Scott Fujita:
The Reuniting Families Act, which I will reintroduce in the 112th Congress, allows all Americans to be reunited with their families. That includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender permanent partners (adults who are in committed lifelong relationships and are financially interdependent).
The benefits of this policy cannot be overstated: American workers with their families by their side are happier, healthier and more able to succeed than those living apart from loved ones for years on end. By pooling resources, families can do together what they can’t do alone – start family businesses, create American jobs and contribute more to this country’s welfare.
The healthier the community, the more expendable income is available and the lower the burden on government social services. This correlation is well researched and well substantiated, but it is up to us to make it a reality. [...]
It is time to reunite America. No family excluded.
Honda and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) have argued that the act, also called the Uniting American Families Act, could win support from gay rights and immigration reform supporters. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) also included a provision for gay rights in the comprehensive immigration reform bill he introduced in October.
Visa reform for gay and lesbian partners is an important issue: An estimated 24,000 gay and lesbian couples in the U.S. include at least one foreign partner, some of whom are living in the country undocumented. Current law does not allow citizens to petition for legal status for their partners — even if they are legally married in their state — which means some men and women who are married to U.S. citizens can be deported or denied the right to enter the country legally.
But even if a Republican House is able to find enough support for an immigration reform bill — which is unlikely — the bill could fall apart over its gay rights provision. Evangelical leaders who have pushed a conservative case for immigration reform say they would rescind their support if reform included ways for gay and lesbian families to petition for visas.
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Comment posted November 6, 2010 @ 12:49 am
None of this hooey is going to happen now–none of it. No big amnesty, no little amnesty. Boohoo the dream is dead. Time for illegals to take their energy and passion back to their home countries and make these better places, not junkheaps that people have to flee. Mexico, for example, has lots of great resources and very warm friendly people and great artistic and culinary traditions–it could be a great country with a great economy–but first the illegals go back and fix the place. Take the knowledge and the understanding of Rule of Law that you experienced here in the US and bring it back to Mexico. Mexico doesn't need to be abandoned by its most energetic people. It needs your help! Breaking into someone else's country and then reproaching them for insisting on enforcing their laws has no dignity at all. Fixing your own country–now that has great dignity. Show some dignity for god's sake!
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Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 1:51 am
GOD BLESS EVERYONE FIGHTING FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM!
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Comment posted February 17, 2011 @ 3:13 am
Why would it be unlikely because there is a provision for gay and lesbian people. Are we not American Citizens? Do not we have the same right as other American citizens to be able to be with the ones we love. We are not asking for special rights, we are not even asking for equal rights, all we are asking for is that our loved ones can live with us. Is that wrong? Is that evil? I think not.
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