US Senate Hearing on Gay Immigration Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their same-sex partners to stay in the U.S. as residents. One of the people who testified is Shirley Tan, a Philippines national, who became the subject of national news coverage when she was about to be deported. Her female partner cannot sponsor her as a U.S. resident because the right is limited to opposite-sex married couples.

Here is some of the video from the hearing:



The senate's bill is S.424 and the House is H.1024. The Washington Blade covered it here.Thanks to Sexual Orientation and the Law and to Inside, Looking Out.