Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Quote of the Day: Reid Vows to Tackle Immigration Reform
By Steve Ralls on 04/12/2010 @ 09:38 PM
"We’re going to come back, we’re going to have comprehensive immigration reform now. We need to do this this year. We cannot wait.”
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, speaking to a crowd of 6,000 in his home state of Nevada on Saturday
Two More Cities Pass Resolutions for UAFA
By Connie Utada on 04/07/2010 @ 11:21 AM
As we progress into Spring, the momentum for Comprehensive Immigration Reform continues to grow. Both cities of Minneapolis, MN and Cambridge, MA recently passed resolutions proclaiming their support for the passage of the Uniting American Families Act. Immigration Equality supporter Debbie Ellis testified at the city council hearing in support of the Cambridge resolution. Thank you, Debbie!
Big thanks to the amazing work of the grassroots who reached out to their city councils and made this happen! It is their passionate commitment to UAFA that has led to these cities passing resolutions.
Please reach out to your local city councils if you would like to pass a resolution.
Gutierrez Calls for LGBT-Inclusive Immigration Reform
Posted on 05/21/2009 @ 10:19 AM
In an interview published today in The Chicago Tribune, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (pictured) – a key Congressional leader on immigration issues – says he supports including LGBT binational families in comprehensive immigration reform.
“The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unity,” Gutierrez said in an interview with the Tribune. “We need to speak more clearly and more articulately and more frequently that the (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community, and same-sex couples and their binational relationships, are part of families.”
“We need to build bridges between the LGBT community and the larger immigrant community,” Gutierrez said. “In the end, the bigger the tent we build, the more successful we’ll be.”
“The congressman has planned a meeting with immigrant and LGBT community leaders at noon Monday at the Center on Halsted in Chicago,” the paper notes. “He will be joined by U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley of Chicago and Jared Polis of Colorado, both Democrats.”
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