Obama Should Support Same-Sex Marriages for Immigration

From Huffington Post:

Last month, the State Department sent a cable to personnel worldwide informing U.S. citizen employees that if they get posted to the United States, their foreign same-sex partners can get a special visa to live and work here legally. The program quietly went into effect February 9, providing a temporary visa that commonly goes to visiting scholars or au pairs. Last August, the State Department had broadened the rules for foreign diplomats and international civil servants. This made it possible for partners of foreign diplomats to work legally in the United States by extending legal work privileges beyond the “family” of the diplomat to that person’s “household”.

Unfortunately, for other same-sex couples — even those who have married in jurisdictions that recognize such marriages, a U.S. citizen partner cannot petition for a green card for their foreign-born spouse the way heterosexual couples can. Read more…

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