Posted on 12/22/2011 3:06:12 AM PST by markomalley
Frances Herbert and her wife, Takako Ueda, were looking forward to the New Year's Eve family concert at the Baptist Church, the town fireworks on the pond and then a night at home to celebrate the arrival of 2012.
But federal immigration authorities have told Ueda she needs to leave the United States for her native Japan by Dec. 31, a move that would split up a couple who have been together more than a decade and were married under Vermont law in April.
Their relatively rare case illuminates the difficulties that binational gay couples face at a time when the Obama administration has pledged not to uphold federal marriage law in courts but the rest of the executive branch — including immigration authorities — still follows the letter of the law.
Federal immigration authorities demand extensive documentation showing that a binational couple claiming to be married really are: witness statements, property records, utility and other household bills showing both names and the like often are required. Herbert said she and Ueda submitted 600 pages of such evidence with their application.
"It's despicable," Herbert said. "We had 600 pages of proof, and 599 of them were completely ignored. One line on one page" — the one that said they were both women — "is what they paid attention to."
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With so many illegal immigrants in the USA your would have to be believe that this is being singled out for a reason. Usually it is force change and tear at the hearstrings of individuals who watch CNN or NBC so that the public outcry will see to it that laws are changed.
Mel
My heart bleeds for them.
This is a nation built on the rule of law. What these womyn do in their bedroom is up to them, how one got here is illegal. Go home. Oh, and STFU.
Grrr. You just know what’s going to happen is that this administration is going to guarantee she stays.
Get out the Puffs Plus. With Aloe.
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