Immigration Equality is a national organization fighting for equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals. Founded in 1994 as the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, they have grown to a membership of 10,000 people in cities all over the country. They are run by a Board of Directors and have full-time staff in there National Headquarters in New York. Immigration Equality is funded by donations from our members as well as generous support from private foundations.

Every year, thousands of same-sex couples are separated or live in constant fear of being stopped by officials who demand to see documentation and threaten detention. In some cases, same-sex partners face prosecution by the Immigration and Naturalization Service - including hefty fines and deportations. U.S. citizens are sometimes left with no other choice but to immigrate with their partners to a country with more fair-minded immigration laws.

Immigration Equality is working hard to get The Uniting American Families Act passed.

The Uniting American Families Act would apply the same standards to same-sex couples that the United States applies to opposite-sex couples where one member is seeking to bring a foreign partner into the country. As with current immigration laws for married couples, the UAFA would impose harsh penalties for fraud, including up to five years in prison and as much as $250,000 in fines. In addition, if the partnership is dissolved in less than two years, the legal immigrant status of the partner would be revoked.

The Uniting American Families Act is not special treatment. It's fair treatment.

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Please visit this link(s) and send a message to your elected officials:


http://immigration.change.org/actions/view/tell_congress_to_pass_the_uniting_american_families_act_2

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/uafa_0508


By writing your lawmakers today, you bring us one step closer to equal immigration rights, so citizens can sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration!  

Help Congress get the message loud and clear: America supports passage of the Uniting American Families Act!


No more separation. No more deportation. No more fear!