SAN DIEGO – The injustice faced by hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. military veterans who are being and have been deported was the focus of a campaign announced yesterday by a broad coalition of leaders including representatives of the veterans community, elected officials, business, labor and immigrant reform communities. The coalition pledged to drive…
LONDON — In case that is sending shockwaves through the British legal system, a Jamaican national known only as ‘JR’ was spared deportation from England after a London Court of Appeals ruled that he was at risk of having his human rights abrogated should he be sent back to his home country, reports U.K.’s Daily…
For four months, 21-year-old Nelson Javier Avila-Lopez was brutally tortured in the infamous Comayagua prison in Honduras before perishing in a fire that killed 357 other prisoners. His body was so badly charred, officials were forced to use DNA testing to identify his remains. Now, his mother, Ana Lopez plans on suing the United States…
Whilst the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) remains on the books the Obama administration is unable to place on hold marriage-based green card applications for bi-national same-sex couples stated Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano at a White House briefing. The Washington Blade reported that Napolitano asserted DHS can’t take such action, which could slow…
The Department of Homeland Security has issued new guidelines for immigration personnel for determining whether a same-sex relationship would “rise to the level of a ‘family relationship.’” Obtained exclusively Tuesday by the Washington Blade, the memorandum from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) was welcomed by LGBT advocates and lawmakers seeking greater protection for bi-national…
“I’ll take it.” That was the response of an undocumented friend to Sen. Marco Rubio’s version of the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act. Rubio’s legislation was not fully formed, but appeared to include protection against deportation for children brought to America by their parents, but without a path to citizenship. Rubio’s…
San Diego Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer/CEO Lorena Gonzalez has praised President Obama’s announcement deferring action on immigrant young adults. Calling the announcement “an encouraging step in beginning to address our nation’s dire need for comprehensive immigration reform,” Gonzalez said in a statement, “These are some of San Diego’s best and brightest, and the president’s actions allow…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) LGBT group commemorated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), May 17, with a message of hope and appeal for dialogue and change, reports pinknews.co.uk. Abdalla, the chair of the group said, “On the 17th of May 1990 the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality…
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CNN) – Prosecutors will appeal a 30-day jail sentence handed down last week against Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate, who then killed himself by jumping off New York’s George Washington Bridge. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan said Ravi’s crimes warranted “more…
A co-chair for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has resigned following accusations that he threatened to deport a former lover to Mexico if he talked about their gay relationship. Arizona’s Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu denied that he made any threats toward the mystery lover, but he formally indicated that he would step down from…
