Lawmakers Push Immigration/UAFA

[davidinalameda]

Key House lawmakers convened a press conference Thursday on Capitol Hill in conjunction with an array of 37 advocacy groups to voice their support for including LGBT families in the comprehensive immigration reform effort.

“No immigration reform measure will truly be deserving of the term ‘comprehensive’ unless it provides equality for gays and lesbians as well,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, chief sponsor of the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow American citizens and green-card holders to sponsor their same-sex partners for residency.

The event came just one day after the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration held a hearing on reform as key lawmakers in the House make an effort to jump-start the issue again before the close of the 111th Congress.

Nadler was joined by out representative Jared Polis of Colorado; Rep. Mike Honda of California, chief sponsor of the LGBT-inclusive Reuniting Families Act; and Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a lead member of the Hispanic caucus who introduced a comprehensive immigration bill last December that did not include LGBT families.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/Lawmakers_Push_Immigration_UAFA/