Push for Same-Sex Couple Immigration Rights

John F. Kerry was never a friend of the gay community in the old days.  But, even old dogs can learn new tricks, and Kerry has evolved.  He filed Senate Bill 48 in an effort to secure permanent resident status for a gay Brazilian national facing deportation because he does not qualify for a spousal visa.  President Obama has shown some backbone in his second term and is proposing legislation to allow up to 40,000 foreign nationals in same-sex relationships to apply for legal residency and even U.S.citizenship.  Unfortunately, the proposal was not included in the immigration proposals that a bipartisan Senate working group issued last week, and which the President has largely accepted.  When DOMA is over-ruled, Glickman Turley LLP intends to be in the lead helping same sex couples in immigration matters.

See David Nakamura & Zachary A. Goldfarb, In Immigration Debate, Same Sex Marriage Comes to the Fore , The Washington Post, Feb. 2, 2013.