UAFA – Please – Now!!!Urgent – slam dunk 110th

Posted on by Melanie Nathan

UAFA would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by adding the term “permanent partner” next to “spouse” for immigration to the U.S.  Gay and lesbian couples would be subject to the same standards of proof that they are in a committed, life-long relationships and are financially interdependent as opposite-sex couples.  

Urge your reps please………………….   same-sex-guys

Under the current system, thousands of lesbian and gay binational couples are forced into exile abroad, long-distance relationships or separation as a result.   Faced with splitting families and taking children from the land of their birth – sometimes separating children from parent -this serves no public policy function and contradicts the central goal of U.S. immigration policy – family unification.  UAFA would remedy this injustice.

H.R.2221
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced 5/8/2007)      Cosponsors (118)
Related Bills: S.1328
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

COSPONSORS(118), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] – 5/8/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] – 9/23/2008
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] – 9/17/2008 Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] – 5/10/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] – 5/8/2007 Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] – 5/8/2007
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] – 5/8/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] – 5/8/2008 Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] – 2/7/2008
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] – 9/17/2008 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] – 5/8/2007
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] – 5/8/2007 Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] – 9/17/2008
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] – 5/8/2007 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] – 5/8/2007
Rep Clyburn, James E. [SC-6] – 9/18/2008 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] – 5/8/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] – 9/15/2008 Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] – 5/8/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] – 5/8/2007 Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] – 7/12/2007
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] – 5/8/2007 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] – 9/9/2008
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] – 5/8/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] – 9/11/2008 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] – 5/8/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] – 5/8/2007 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] – 9/11/2008
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] – 5/8/2007 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] – 5/8/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] – 5/8/2007 Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] – 5/8/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] – 5/8/2007 Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] – 5/8/2007
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] – 4/29/2008 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] – 5/8/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] – 5/8/2007 Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] – 9/11/2008
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] – 2/12 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] – 5/9/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] – 5/8/2007 Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] – 5/8/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] – 5/9/2007 Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] – 5/8/2007
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] – 5/8/2008
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] – 5/8/2007 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] – 7/11/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] – 9/17/2008 Rep Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [GA-4] – 7/26/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] – 5/8/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] – 5/8/2007 Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] – 5/8/2007
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] – 5/17/2007 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] – 5/8/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] – 5/7/2008 Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] – 5/8/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] – 5/16/2007 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] – 5/8/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] – 5/8/2007 Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] – 5/8/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] – 9/4/2007 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] – 2/25/2008
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] – 5/8/2007 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] – 5/8/2007
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] – 5/8/2007 Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] – 5/8/2007
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] – 9/26/2007 Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] – 7/31/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] – 9/17/2008 Rep Miller, George [CA-7] – 5/8/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] – 9/15/2008 Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] – 9/23/2008
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] – 5/8/2007 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] – 5/8/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] – 5/8/2007 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] – 5/8/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] – 5/8/2007 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] – 5/8/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] – 5/7/2008 Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] – 5/16/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] – 5/8/2007 Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] – 2/28/2008
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] – 5/8/2007 Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] – 7/30/2008
Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] – 9/15/2008 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] – 5/8/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] – 5/8/2007 Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] – 5/8/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] – 5/7/2008 Rep Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” [VA-3] – 9/11/2008
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] – 5/8/2007 Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] – 5/8/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] – 9/4/2007 Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] – 5/16/2007
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] – 5/24/2007 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] – 5/8/2007
Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] – 9/15/2008 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] – 5/8/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] – 5/21/2007 Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] – 5/8/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] – 5/9/2007 Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] – 4/10/2008
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] – 9/17/2008 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] – 5/22/2008
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] – 5/8/2007 Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] – 7/24/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] – 5/8/2007 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] – 5/8/2007
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] – 6/18/2007 Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] – 5/8/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] – 5/8/2007 Rep Wu, David [OR-1] – 5/8/2007

2 thoughts on “UAFA – Please – Now!!!Urgent – slam dunk 110th”

  1. NOT YET ENACTED? WAKE UP AMERICA its time

    “OPINION: Please help bring me home
    Cruel U.S. laws have forced thousands of gay binational couples to live abroad. It’s time to pass the Uniting American Families Act.
    I’d like to come home to live in America. No, let me be clearer. I’d like to be able to live in America. But I cannot. Even though I am a native-born U.S. citizen who lived in America until I was 42 years old, I have been exiled by U.S. law. I am a “love exile.” Because I am …” http://www.washblade.com/2006/5-11/view/columns/bragar.cfm

    – ROBERT BRAGA May 11, 2006
    http://www.loveexiles.org/index.html

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