EDGE Los Angeles

LGBTs and their allies stood together on April 10 to demand that the Gang of 8 deliver comprehensive immigration reform.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects the Senate to pass the immigration reform, which protects LGBT bi-national families, even though conservatives, including Sen. John McCain, have strongly opposed the idea.

A gay binational couple is out of the woods for now, following an immigration judge’s Aug. 22 decision to close the case that might have resulted in the deportation of Alex Benshimol, 47, to his native Venezuela.

A married binational same-sex couple face possible deportation proceedings despite having been wed for seven years, and without regard for the fact that one of the men is the primary caregiver for his husband, who suffers from AIDS.

For years, immigration attorneys warned gay couples not to bother seeking a green card for their foreign spouses since there was no chance they’d get one. Now, in select cases, they’re starting to rethink that advice.

Attorney General Eric Holder took the rare step Thursday of asking an immigration judicial panel to reconsider the case of a gay man they’ve cleared for deportation.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt is pushing the Obama administration to halt deportation proceedings against the same-sex spouses of U.S. citizens.

The life-threatening peril that gay asylum seekers to Western nations face if they should be deported back to homophobic nations has brought GLBT equality advocates head-to-head with immigration policies, but not sparked much mainstream interest. Now, a Saudi diplomat who says he is gay has made the claim that if he is sent back home, he will face death.

Some Democrats are seeking to bolster an immigration reform package by including a bill that would give gay and lesbian Americans the same rights to sponsor committed lifetime partners from abroad that straight Americans enjoy.

When an American loves someone from another country, our immigration laws honor and respect that. Unless it’s someone of the same gender.