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Action Alert

Monday, February 8th, 2010

At 10:30am on February 11 — one week after our call-in to Senator Schumer’s office — the Long Island Immigrant Alliance will hold a rally outside of Schumer’s Melville office (145 Pine Lawn Road, Melville, NY 11747). The rally will show support for Senator Schumer’s comprehensive immigration reform bill, which would fix a broken immigration system, end the exploitation and demonization of immigrants, strengthen our economy by $1.5 trillion, and support our nation’s values. For more information about the rally, call 631-789-0720

Long Island Immigrant Alliance

Write Chuck Schumer and tell his why he is wrong

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Sunday, February 07, 2010
President Obama
Senator Gillibrand
Senator Chuck Schumer
Congressman Peter king
State Department, Hilary Clinton
Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi
Congressman Steve Israel
CNN
New York Times

http://www.usimmigrationwoes.com/

http://lezgetreal.com

Senator John McCain
To Chuck Schumer
Sir:
I never thought that I would be calling you a liar and a cheat but I was wrong. When I watched you at the UAFA Senate hearing I was so happy that you where a senator from Long Island standing up to the right wing nuts, the church and all the bigots in this country. But after reading a story on Lezgetreal.com (http://lezgetreal.com/?p=25829) I was so wrong about you! I guess you are like all the rest that say something and turn around and do something else.
After I talked to L. Fresco in your office I thought I could just sit back and just wait till you came out with the bill on Immigration reform but once again my government let me down. He had told me that you where not going to include the UAFA into your bill till the Latino senators and congressman was made happy and they got their way. Because I was told they would block the bill and not support it. It looks like you couldn’t get there support so you turned your back on us.
Because of you and senator Gillibrand and Congressman Peter King I now have to make plans on leaving my country for good to be with my husband, yes we are legally married in Canada and 20 other countries. I’ve sent your office my marriage Lic, faxed it to your DC office, and hand delivered it to your long island office. Not only that I had sent the forms from the US state department to sponsor my husband but didn’t get an answer from you, Gillibrand, Peter King and the white house. This was to proof that I am legally married to a non American and asking for help to sponsor him into this once great country. But since this is a gay issue and an immigrations issue no one will help.
Just to let you know I am now going to contact ever single congressman, senator and newspaper in this country to let them know that you lied in a the senate hearing (6/2/2009) and because of your actions not including the uniting American families act into your immigration reform bill anther taxpaying US citizen has to leave his home land for good.
I’m really mad and upset that I’m sitting here and my husband is half way around the world all because of the Republican Party and the church that has it in for gay rights and civil rights. I’m really mad and upset that the Democratic Party for not having a back bone and standing up to the right wing. I’m also mad and upset that I can be legally married in 20 countries and the country that claims civil rights has very little to gay people. I’m also mad and upset at Chuck Schumer for talking the talk but can’t walk the walk! I’m, also upset that the US state department is handing out visas like water to the people of Haiti and I can’t get one for my husband who has legal rights to one being married to an American. What a wonderful country this is, ya right!
Thank you for your none help!
A US Taxpayer who can’t get any help
Roy

Make Sure LGBT Families are Included

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Make Sure LGBT Families are Included in Comprehensive Immigration Reform!

THIS IS EASY AND FAST,CLICK ON THE LINK

Thank you for taking the time to contact your Members of Congress to seek their support for UAFA and its inclusion in comprehensive immigration reform. Your letter is a tremendous contribution towards ending immigration discrimination against gay and lesbian families.
Tell Congress UAFA MUST be included in a comprehensive immigration reform bill, which is scheduled to move early in 2010!

Make Sure LGBT Families are Included in Comprehensive Immigration Reform!

SPECIAL VISA FOR BINATIONAL LGBT

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

SPECIAL VISA FOR BINATIONAL LGBT SPOUSE-PERMA-PARTNER/S

We need you to go vote this is very importnat, please get off yoru butts and help our fight!

THE BI-NAT-VISA

While we wait for immigration equality under the US Immigration and Naturalization Act -to sponsor our foreign-born partners, we endure unconscionable and inhumane situations on a day to day, hour by hour basis. Our partners are persecuted at our airports by the profiling of ICE officials and arbitrarily turned away, despite having visas; our relationships are denied through our inability to live together in the US, or we live in fear, hiding or exile

SPECIAL VISA FOR BINATIONAL LGBT SPOUSE-PERMA-PARTNER/S

Senator chuck Schumer,

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Another piece of sh_ _ t like the rest of them or is he lying back in waiting?

Write Schumer and tell him to add the UAFA to his new bill!

BREAKING: SHOCKING REALITY- Senator Chuck Schumer Is Planning To Exclude Gay And Lesbians From Immigration Reform Bill.
Read the full story at
http://lezgetreal.com/?p=25829

By Melanie Nathan, San Francisco, February 3, 2010 : Binationals and activists have been waiting patiently for Senator Chuck Schumer to introduce the enigmatic Immigration reform bill, and the LGBT binational community, whether in exile, living apart or hiding in fear, has been desperate for the answer. Will immigration reform be truly comprehensive; will it include (UAFA) a provision that will allow for LGBT Americans (citizens or lawful residents) to sponsor their spouses (Permanent Partners) for immigration to the USA?

Urge White House to take a stand

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Urge White House to take a stand for Equal Immigration Rights for LGBT Couples!

A quote from White House spokesman Shin Inouye from March 2009.

Asked about Obama’s stance on UAFA [the Uniting American Families Act] and the likelihood of its inclusion in comprehensive immigration legislation, White House spokesman Shin Inouye said in a statement that: “The president thinks Americans with partners from other countries should not be faced with a painful choice between staying with their partner or staying in their country. We will work closely with Congress to craft comprehensive immigration reform legislation.” Source: Bay Windows

The White House’s “Civil Rights” web page, which says “He [Obama] supports full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples and opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.” Source: The White House website.

President Obama and his administration has made several comments over the past year to the media and on its own website supporting an INCLUSIVE Comprehensive Immigration Reform – with language that includes LGBT Families.

Please help us remind President Obama as well as his administration of his promise to our community and make sure that he keeps to his promise – that LGBT Families be included in Comprehensive Immigration Reform and that he will support FULL federal rights for all LGBT Couples, which includes the ability to sponsor their same sex partner for a green card.

Please go and vote, its up to us

Urge White House to take a stand for Equal Immigration Rights for LGBT Couples!

Tell Congress: Stop breaking apart loving families!

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Tell Congress: Stop breaking apart loving families! HRC’s Web Site

This is an easy way to send a letter

No one should have to choose between the person they love and their country. But discriminatory immigration policies do just that by denying LGBT couples the right to sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration.

Make sure Congress gets the message loud and clear: Pass the Uniting American Families Act now.

Tell Congress: Stop breaking apart loving families! HRC’s Web Site

Action alert

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

What I’m hoping I can get going.

Get at least 15 or more people in bi-national relationships

We go to INS in lower NYC

Try to file to sponsor our partner into the country

When turned down go to, Chuck Schumer, and Gillibrand offices, along with Steve Israel’s office

Have gay and straight news people there, along with Michelangelo Signorile from Sirius radio

Along with that a group in SF, so you can go to Nancy Pelosi’s office after

Its time has come and gone for us to do some kind of action!

The more people we can get the better it would be.

royb at roybcorp dot com

Pass LGBT-Inclusive Immigration Reform

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Pass LGBT-Inclusive Immigration Reform

GO VOTE PLEASE

Out4Immigration is joining forces with Immigration Equality on this year’s Change.org Ideas for Change.

Visit the link now:and cast your vote. Like last year, when we ran our successful campaign to land in the Top 10 Ideas for Change for President Obama, this year’s campaign is just as important — maybe even more so.

So, please get on board, cast your vote and circulate this link to your friends, family and network-at-large. Remember, Comprehensive Immigration Reform is not comprehensive unless ALL families are included. We will not be left behind. Make your voice heard.

Kathy

Pass LGBT-Inclusive Immigration Reform

The US Governmant does not care!

Monday, January 25th, 2010

President Obama
Senator Gillibrand
Senator Chuck Schumer
Congressman Peter King
State department, Hilary Clinton
Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi
Congressman Steve Israel, Silvana Diaz
CNN
New York Times

http://www.usimmigrationwoes.com/

I’m supposed to be living in a fair and just country, I’m supposed to be living in a country that has equal rights for all of its citizens, I’m supposed to be living in a country that perches civil rights to the world but doesn’t give civil rights or equal rights to all of its own citizens. I’m supposed to be living in a country that spares its citizens pain and suffering but doesn’t.
For the last 6 years I have been fighting to get my husband into this country after being lied to by an American embassy and no one in this country cared. Lied to by the vic. Council of your embassy in KL Malaysia also I have been lied to by the State department Malaysian desk, lied to by at that time Senator Hilary Clinton, that nothing can be done when she could have. I will give her one credit she did send one e-mail just like Congressman Peter King did.
Dealing with the US government the last 6 plus years has been like dealing with the Marks brothers, three stooges, with Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden not to leave out of the mix bigots like John McCain. The US government and the Presidency has been nothing short of inept of any problems with its gay immigration policies, it’s student visa policy and how American embassies handle visas, point taken the last terrorist that was granted a visa, I’m surprised that am embassy hasn’t given Bin Laden a visa or maybe they did.
I have been demanding some kind of action be taken from my President, my Congressman and my Senator but like always nothing is ever done! My government could care less about its gay citizens and its immigration policies. My President seems to be all talk along with my senator and who knows about Peter king he doesn’t answer e-mails, faxes or personal visits into his office.
My husband has one more college course to finish up his 4 year degree that he had to do in a loving country Canada, not like the US who didn’t even read over all of his paper work, didn’t call the Gulfport police department didn’t double check with the airlines, or my husband’s embassy. My husband wants to finish up in New York City and then go onto his master’s degree. He wants to be able to live with me drive his car and play with his dog.
Instead my government wants to keep us apart, drive me into leavening this country for good all because we are a gay couple waiting for a bill called the Uniting American Families act to be passed. Everyone knows that Nancy Pelosi will not bring it out of committee till the Latino cactus is made happy. That’s a well known fact now. I have to wait till all the Illegal immigrates get green cards before gay taxpaying US citizens’ gets rights?
I am demanding that the White house call the American embassy and ask for a special visa for my husband can get back into this country, I’m demanding that my Senators from New York call the American embassy asking for a special visa so my husband can get back into this country and I’m demanding that my state congressmen call the American embassy telling them to grant a special visa. I know for a fact that if a senator or congressman wanted to they could write a special bill, but my government is so inept they could care less about its gay citizens. They might support the Uniting American families act but that’s as far as their support goes.
I’m demanding action now as a US citizen!
Roy

There is something wrong

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

You can write to!

President Obama
Senator Gillibrand, Peter hatch
Senator Chuck Schumer, L. Fresco
Congressman Peter King
The New York Times
State department, Hilary Clinton
Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi
CNN

http://www.usimmigrationwoes.com/

Once again I turn on the news and see children being brought into this country with special visas, from humanitarian visas to emergency visas, plus plane loads of people leavening Haiti. Along with Governors getting special landing permission to bring out children getting special emergency visas and I can’t get my husband a visa to get into this country what is wrong with this picture?
I want something done about this; I want all visas stopped till I can get my husband into this country. This is so un-American that you would let US citizens suffer when you take care of the rest of the world.
Every one that knows me knows that I’m a bleeding heart liberal, but I’m so upset that my government cares more about other people then taking care of its own. My hart does go out to the people of Haiti and other countries but this giving out visas like water has got to stop till you take care of your own! I’m talking about the Uniting American families act.
My senator supports the uniting American families act, but that’s as far as she will go, senator chuck Schumer supports the UAFA but that’s as far as his help will go. I can’t get an answer from Peter King ever! Who knows about Hilary Clinton she doesn’t answer her mail asking for her or the state department for help. Nancy Pelosi can bring it out of committee but she doesn’t want to! The new immigration bill will just about give 12 million illegal immigration a free ride for a green card but I can’t get a visa for my husband.
We are legally married in Canada, that’s right a country that understands peoples rights, but illegal immigrants have more rights than tax payers in this country? Now my husband has rights being married to an American! I don’t care about DOMA, that means noting and I do mean nothing to me or people that are legal married in other countries because the United States is so far behind the times! With or without the Uniting American families act I want my husband in this country in the next two weeks and not hearing none stop on TV that people have a free ride into this country. All my paper work is on file with Assembly man’s Sweeny, senators chuck schemers office, senators Gellibrand’s office, and Congressman Peter kings office, Congressman Steve Israel’s office, no one is willing to write a special bill or call the embassy and ask them to grant a visa. What is wrong with this I do pay my taxes I was born in this country but I’m treated like I’m a none human when I ask for my rights.
I don’t care what kind of visa I can get for my husband, emergency visa, special visa, humanitarian visa, or work visa. A special bill written that my attorney says can be written. It’s time that he is brought into his country so we can be together, so he can drive his car, play with his dog, and be a tax payer again. There is no reason why he can’t be back into this country in under two weeks if someone in my government gave a rats tail about American people suffering and hurting.
IM DEMANDING ACTION AND ACTION NOW!
Roy

Feed up, please write

Monday, January 18th, 2010

To:
President Obama
Senator Gillibrand, Peter hatch
Senator Chuck Schumer, L. Fresco
Congressman Peter King
The New York Times
State Department, Hilary Clinton
Congressman Nancy Pelosi
CNN
My heart really goes out to the children of Haiti but enough is enough with all the help that the state department and all the congressman and senators are doing and doing none stop you have US citizens that are hurting to!
There are 35,000 plus Americans that have been trying to sponsor their loved ones into this country, you are handing out Humanitarian visas like water what about us? I have been waiting for the uniting American families act to be passed. The bill is now stalled in committee.
The main reason why the bill is stalled is because of the Latin caucus. This is becoming a known fact that they want all the illegal immigrations to be able to get green cards, but we are citizens of this country we pay taxes, and once again we are being pushed to the back of the bus. You where elected on change and doing the right thing, not like the last President that did nothing but wreck this country and the world, well it really looks like the Democratic Party is becoming more and more like the Republican Party ever day. On the democratic parties web site under immigration reform the uniting American families act isn’t listed, noting about anything about gay issues are listed in that issue. There is nothing listed on the White house’s web site under Immigration Nothing.
I’m now demanding not asking for a Humanitarian visa for myself and all the other US citizens that have been waiting for the UAFA to be passed. It’s only fair now, we might not be homeless or hungry but we are hurting and suffering needlessly, and some of your citizens can’t live in this country because of you and your policy’s toward gay immigration rights.
Thank you
roy B

LGBT Immigration Rights »Action>>Alert

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

LGBT Immigration Rights »Action>>Alert

If I can do it you can do it to!

Action alert
Out4Immigration is an all grassroots organization and our letter writing campaign is now in its 46th week. This week, we are focusing on five more Senators.
Or click right here and be taken to a page on Change.org
Or
Fax or phone call

Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC)
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building
District of Columbia 20510-3301
Phone: (202) 224-6342
Fax: (202) 228-2563
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
136 Hart Senate Office Building
District of Columbia 20510-4104
Phone: (202) 224-5842
Fax: (202) 228-5765
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
328 Hart Senate Office Building
District of Columbia 20510-1804
Phone: (202) 224-5824
Fax: (202) 224-9735
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
717 Hart Senate Office Building
District of Columbia 20510-2505
Phone: (202) 224-6154
Fax: (202) 228-6326
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
720 Hart Senate Office Building
District of Columbia 20510-2706
Phone: (202) 224-6551
Fax: (202) 228-0012

stop the visas now!

Friday, January 15th, 2010

To;
President Obama
Senator Chuck Schumer, L. Fresco
Senator K. Gillibrand, R. Hatch
Congressman Peter King
New York Times
http://www.usimmigrationwoes.com/ posted on

Once again my heart does go out to the kids of Haiti and all the people that are hurting that need our help, we are Americans and open up our hearts when we see scenes like we are on the TV. BUT, when congressman’s and senators are opening up cases so American parents that started the adoptions can bring their kids into the country what about people that have been fighting none stop to bring our lovers into this country?
I want the special visas for the children of Haiti stopped till we can sponsor our loved ones into this country. I want all special bills stopped by congressman and senators stopped till we can get special bills passed to bring our loved ones into this country. I want the hospital flights stopped into this country because the ones that are brought in will get visas to stay. I want my country to help its own citizens first before other people in this world with visas.
President Obama said we will not forget about the people of Haiti but he has forgotten to take care of US citizens that are waiting to bring our loved ones into this country! Congressman and senator and the Democratic Party, and Republican Party have forgotten about its own citizens.
Either give us special bills, or specials visas till the Uniting American families act is passed and we can bring our loved ones into this country, some of us have been fighting for over 10 years now. What about us?
We demand action and we demand action now!

Write your government, and write them now!

New immigrants into the country

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

New immigrants into the country
Welcome the newest members to this country, we can’t get visas for our loved ones, and they just give them away. Anything the church wants the church gets! Don’t get me wrong I feel for the kids, but.

January 14, 2010 3:36 p.m. EST
Topics: United States, Earthquake, World
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN Editor
Miami, FL, United States (AHN) – Catholic Charities and various other South Florida groups are planning a massive airlift to transport thousands of Haitian children left orphaned following Tuesday’s tragic earthquake. According to reports the groups are going to use the same model used 40 years ago during Operation Pedro Pan.

Officials from the Archdiocese of Miami and other organizations have already located a temporary shelter in Broward County to house the children.
Officials have also admitted to working with the Obama administration to provide the children with humanitarian visas.
In December of 1960 Operation Pedro Pan was initiated to transport children away form Fidel Castro’s new Communist Cuba. The move came at a time communist indoctrination was being interjected into Catholic and private schools.
When it ended nearly two years later over 14,000 children between the ages of 5 to 17 were in the United States and had visa waivers. The Catholic church at the time promised to care for the children.
#Haiti

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017523465

All Eyes on Senator Schumer, call his office today!

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

All Eyes on Senator Schumer

from act on Principles
The lesbian and gay community is closely watching Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to see if he includes LGBT families in his Senate version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) legislation. Senator Schumer is scheduled to introduce his bill within a couple of weeks. Will his bill be an inclusive bill?

The Democratic Party has a history of telling the LGBT community that we are part of their America, part of their vision for America. In fact, Senator Schumer himself as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) made similar statements when fundraising in the gay community.

Now that Senator Schumer is responsible for the Senate version of CIR, we will find out whether all these words were hollow or if he meant them. Will Senator Schumer’s immigration bill demonstrate that gays are part of his America? Will it be inclusive of gays?

There are innumerable reasons why any Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill must include gay and lesbian couples. Here are just a few:
1. It’s really not comprehensive if it doesn’t include our families.

Read the full story here

Call and ask to talk to L. Fresco (202) 224-6542

Sign the Letter, every week a new group to write to

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

This is so easy, fill in a form, and hit click all done less then 3 mintues to help get our bill passed

Please sign this week’s petition urging five members of Congress to support
The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) by signing on as a co-sponsor,
and by supporting it’s inclusion in comprehensive immigration reform. This week,
we are contacting Senators Levin (MI), Lieberman (CT), Mikulski (MD), Nelson (FL) and Reed (RI).

Just click here

Haiti plus Clinton

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Haiti plus Clinton
No way am I going to be able to say this where people aren’t going to tack this wrong and I’m sorry about that. My heart does go out to all the people in Haiti. Everybody in the world should give whatever they can, cloths food, money or time. Give to UNICEF, the American Red Cross, to help with relief efforts, text “HAITI” to “90999″ and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill
Every time something happens on the news there is Clinton! When that 9 year old boy needed help from the government there was Clinton, when the people need help in Haiti she set up a toll free number for help in under 12 hours. Well we are US citizens that need help from the State Department and where is Clinton ,no where to be found!
Please write Clinton and tell her you want to sponsor your partner, tell her to start helping out US citizens that need help with the Uniting American families act. I did and you should too.

State department contact do it under Marriage to Non-U.S. Citizen

Please write the Democratic party

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

I was on the Democratic web site and we are not on the list for anything. We should call them and tell them to add the UAFA to their Immigration reform page or we will stop giving money, I did this morning. Tell them we want our gay rights and we want them now!
Roy

http://www.democrats.org/contact.html

Mailing Address:
Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

Main Phone Number:
202-863-8000
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Portugal parliament votes to permit gay marriage

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Portugal parliament votes to permit gay marriage

By BARRY HATTON, Associated Press Writer Barry Hatton, Associated Press Writer – 25 mins ago
LISBON, Portugal – Portugal’s parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage.

Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva is thought unlikely to veto the Socialist government’s bill, which won the support of all left-of-center parties. His ratification would allow the first gay marriage ceremonies to take place in April — a month before Pope Benedict XVI is due on an official visit to Portugal.

Right-of-center parties opposed the change and sought a national referendum on the issue, but their proposal was rejected and the government’s bill was passed by 125 votes to 99.

Gay rights campaigners applauded from the galleries, hugged and kissed outside the building and ate wedding cake.

“This law rights a wrong,” Prime Minister Jose Socrates said in a speech to lawmakers, adding that it “simply ends pointless suffering.”

Socrates said the measure is part of his effort to modernize Portugal where homosexuality was a crime until 1982. Two years ago his government lifted Portugal’s ban on abortion, despite church opposition.

Gay marriage is currently permitted in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway. Canada, South Africa and six U.S. states also permit it.

read full story

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_re_eu/eu_portugal_gay_marriage