July 15, 2010

WASHINGTON- Statement of Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center, a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, on comprehensive immigration reform and the Uniting American Families Act: AAJC joins congressional leaders here today in an urgent call to action for support of legislation that addresses the broken family immigration system. The chronic inadequate number of family visas keeps the spouses, children and siblings of citizens and green card holders separated for years and even decades. And there is one group that is shut out from the family immigration system entirely-same-sex permanent partners and their children have no standing in U.S. immigration law. This means that thousands of bi-national LGBT families are forced to separate, live in constant fear of separation or uproot their lives and move overseas. At its heart, the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) is about...

Source: Asian American Justice Center