This was reported on Minnesota Independent – Ellison urges support for binational same-sex couples (http://minnesotaindependent.com/54939/ellison-urges-support-for-binational-same-sex-couples).

The LGBT Caucus in the house sent a letter to Dear President Obama, Majority Leader Reid, Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Schumer, and Chairwoman Lofgren to “express our stong support for a comprehensive immigration reform bill which would end discrimination against
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) binational families.

We urge Congress to include the Uniting American Families Act (H.R. 1024lS. 424) in any comprehensive immigration reform legislation.”

We are glad that the LGBT Caucus has taken a stand for equal immigration rights for LGBT Binational Couples and hope that the stakeholders that will be introducing the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill will ensure that ALL Families (including LGBT Families) are included in their reform bill.

We also urged you to join our petition to Sen Schumer and Rep Lofgren to make sure that we are included in their reform bill. The link to the petition is http://www.change.org/actions/view/urge_sen_schumer_and_rep_lofgren_to_include_lgbt_families_in_their_comprehensive_immigration_bill

http://minnesotaindependent.com/54939/ellison-urges-support-for-binational-same-sex-couples