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Why I Married My Husband... Even Though I Knew He Was Gay

Liza Monroy | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Washing Dishes, Marriage, Green Card, Marrying Your Best Friend, Visa, Marital Discord, 9/11, Newlyweds, Weddings, Gay Husband, After the Wedding, Weddings News
Liza Monroy

Emir and I loved each other and offered each other everything except our bodies.

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Elise Foley

House GOP To Defend DOMA For Separating Same-Sex Binational Couples

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Green Card, Doma, Immigration Gay Marriage, Immigrant Visas, Visas, Obama Gay Marriage, Immigration, Immigration Equality, Deportation, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans will intervene in a lawsuit that would keep same-sex couples from being pulled apart -- even separated to different co...

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Meet Dr. Hadland and Dr. Vassy

Robert Accordino M.D., M.Sc. | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Primary Care Physician, Bill Clinton, Heathcare Reform, Health Care Refrom, Green Card, Primary Care, John Kerry, Adam Bink, Scott Hadland, Doma, Primary Care Crisis, Hrc, Defense of Marriage Act, Harvard Medical School, Same-Sex Marriage, Primary Care Shortage, Jason Vassy, Video, Gay Voices News
Robert Accordino M.D., M.Sc.

During our primary-care crisis, should the U.S. be using valuable resources to deport Harvard-trained primary-care physicians who want to serve patients and also remain in the same country as their spouses? According to DOMA, it should.

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Arizona v. USA: Hate Racism, Support Arizona

Robin Koerner | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Virginia, Supreme Court, Green Card, Bill of Rights, Tenth Amendment, Nullification, Ndaa, sb1070, Immigration, Arizona, Politics News
Robin Koerner

The Supreme Court has just heard a day arguments on the case of Arizona v. United States, concerning Arizona's immigration-related bill, SB 1070. When it was originally passed, I was an immigrant resident of that state.

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PHOTOS: Incredible Stories Of Immigrant Life

Saundra Amrhein | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Green Card Stories, Slidewide, Green Card, Green Card Law, Immigrants, Immigration Law, American Immigration, Immigrant Stories, Books News
Saundra Amrhein

"Green Card Stories" features business owners, a world-class chef, a registered nurse, and a captain in the U.S. Army. Their stories reveal how lives are impacted by current immigration policies.

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Elise Foley

Same-Sex Couple Wins Immigration Relief, Removing Deportation Fear

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Gay Rights, Green Card, Doma, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, Tim Bishop, Immigration Equality, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage Equality, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Defense of Marriage Act is intact, but at least two same-sex married couples have been granted a reprieve, at least temporarily, fro...

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Returning to the US As An Immigrant After Unlawful Presence

Aggie R. Hoffman | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Cancellation of Removal, Unlawful Presence, 245(I), Waiver, Green Card, Extreme Hardship, Immigraion, Visas, Adjusting Status, Inadmissibility, Ewi, Latino Voices News
Aggie R. Hoffman

The evaluation, advice, and participation of an experienced immigration attorney is often the only key to finding a way out of the maze.

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Elise Foley

Hard Immigration Choice For Older Same-Sex Couples

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Video, Legal Status, Green Card, Doma, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Visas, Deportation Policy, DOMA Immigration, Immigration Equality, Defense of Marriage Act, Deportation, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Benjamin Anderson, 55, was born in the United States, served in the Coast Guard, and considers himself a strong patriot. He's moving to Italy next mon...

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Elise Foley

Same-Sex Couple Fights DOMA To Stay Together In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Doj, Doma, Immigration, Deportation, Defense of Marriage Act, Eric Holder, Same-Sex Marriage, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Gay Rights, Green Card, Richard Blumenthal, Janet Napolitano, John Kerry, Immigration Enforcement, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. citizen Kelli Ryan and Lucy Truman, a citizen of the United Kingdom, have been together for a decade and legally married in the Uni...

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The 2013 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery, AKA The Green Card Lottery

Aggie R. Hoffman | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: DV Lottery, Immigration, Green Card, Diversity Visa, u.s. Department of State, Immigration Reform, Latino Voices News
Aggie R. Hoffman

True to its name, the purpose of the DV Lottery is to diversify our immigrant population. Here's how it works.

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Friday Talking Points [169] -- Weiner Roast

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.11.2011

Read More: First Amendment, Debate, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, War on Dancing, Leon Panetta, Drugs, DC Madam, Immigration, Obama, Democratic, Vitter, Sarah Palin, Gingrich, California, Republican, Green Card, Huckabee, Midotw, Mutant Earless Bunny, Park Police, John Edwards, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Moveon, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Helicopter, Trump, Anthony Weiner, Chris Christie, Lottery, Baseball, Panetta, House, Budget, Paul Revere, Alabama, Democrat, Congress, War on Drugs, Newt Gingrich, Rockettes, Prostitutes, Democrats, Barack Obama, George Shultz, Constitution, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Palin, Jefferson Memorial, Weiner, Little League, Immigrant, Friday Talking Points, Emails, Wiener, New Jersey One, David Vitter, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Having just gotten back from a trip abroad where the news was dominated by the story of a politician facing severe consequences for his sexual misconduct, I opened up the pages of the American news to find... well, pretty much the same thing.

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Nicky, After You Pick up the Kids, Can You Sort the Mail?

Amy Ephron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Immigration Reform, Nicky Diaz Santillan, Green Card, California Governor's Race, Los Angeles News
Amy Ephron

It doesn't bother me that Meg Whitman hired a woman who had a problem with her immigration status. It bothers me that Meg Whitman didn't do anything to help her. And it bothers me that she lied about it.

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Why Was an 80-Year-Old Irish Woman, 60 Years in America, Detained by U.S. immigration?

Niall O'Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, Green Card, Irish, Detained, World News
Niall O'Dowd

When it comes to international terrorism there is Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Hezbollah and then there's 80-year-old Bridie Murphy.

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Heart Breaker at the International Film Center

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monte Carlo, Green Card, Shrek, Morocco, French Film, IFC Center, NY Events, NY Culture, Arts News
Melody Breyer-Grell

This French film is very light, in the tradition of a superior American comedy, The Wedding Crashers.

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Herve Fonkou Takoulo Arrested After Wife Caroline Jamieson Sends Illegal Immigration Letter To President Obama

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Cameroon, Green Card, White House, Letter, Barack Obama, Political Asylum, New York City, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Caroline Jamieson, Engineer, Herve Fonkou Takoulo, Politics News

NEW YORK — A woman who wrote President Barack Obama, asking for help resolving her husband's immigration problem got a response she didn't expec...

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Obama Administration Proposing Immigration Fee Hikes

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Obama Immigration, Immigration Fee Hike, Green Card, Immigration Fee Hikes, Immigration, Immigration Fees, Obama Immigration Reform, Immigration Fee, Green Cards, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The cost of the first step toward becoming a U.S. citizen – getting a green card – may be going up, but the price to ap...

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Immigration Detainee's Death Causes Controversy

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration Death, America, Pakistan, 9/11, Immigration, Deportation, World Trade Center, Immigration Reform, Green Card, Visa, Prison, Jail, Immigrant, September 11th, Immigration Policy, Ahmad Tanveer, Politics News

When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005, the very fact seemed to fall into a black hole. Although a fellow inmate scraw...

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