Currently, U.S. immigration laws only allow married opposite-sex couples to sponsor a spouse for a green card. If you are a woman in a committed relationship with another woman or a man in a committed relationship with another man, you cannot sponsor your partner. Even in states where same-sex marriage is legal, your marriage will…
I’ve had my marriage-based green card for almost 2 years…now what? Recently, I had a client come in whose green card had expired because he had missed the deadline to file an I-751 Petition to Remove the Conditions of Residence. If you recently married a U.S. Citizen and have received a green card, an I-751…
The following is an excerpt from the section I wrote for the One America/Seattle University 2008 Report : Voices from Detention: A Report on Human Rights Violations at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. Nations have recognized that there are certain communities and groups of people who are the most vulnerable and require further protections. Refugees and…