Posted on 11/30/2004 1:42:32 PM PST by Willie Green
LOS ANGELES – A lawsuit filed against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services alleges the agency discriminated against a Filipino couple when it denied the husband's legal residency because his wife had a sex change operation nearly 24 years ago.
Jiffy Javenella, 27, entered the country as a legal resident in 2001 as Donita Ganzon's fiance and applied for permanent resident status after marrying Ganzon later that year. But during interviews with immigration agents earlier this year, Ganzon, 58, revealed that she had undergone a male-to-female sex change operation in 1981.
Within three weeks, the agency denied Javenella's application for permanent residency and revoked his working papers, according to the couple's lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Monday.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a letter to Javenella explaining its decision that "currently, no federal statute or regulation addresses specifically the question whether someone born a man or a woman can surgically change his or her sex."
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"DISCOUNT mail-order-bride service?"
You get what you pay for.
I know your type.....
Lol, if only I'd starred in 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
Nothing like a bit of "diversity"
bump!
That name says more than I need to know....sounds like one of the side-dishes that Mrs. Batavia had on the Thanksgiving table....
sounds like one of the side-dishes that Mrs. Batavia had under the Thanksgiving table....
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