Topics :: bi-national couples

DOMA Unraveling? Same-Sex Binational Families Get Relief

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Mar 30, 2011
In light of constitutional issues regarding the so-called "Defense of Marriage" Act, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has called a halt to deporting foreign nationals who are married to same-sex American spouses.

Gay Man Ordered to Surrender Partner for Deportation

By Michael K. Lavers | Monday Mar 7, 2011
Federal authorities have ordered Rockville, Md., resident Edwin Echegoyen to surrender his partner Rodrigo Martinez for deportation on Wednesday, March 9. Martinez, who came to the United States from El Salvador on a tourist visa in 2003, fears he will suffer anti-gay persecution in his homeland.

Tilting At Windmills

By EDGE | Friday Oct 1, 2010
New EDGE columnist Fredrick Greer begins a journey abroad: the rest of his life with his same-sex foreign partner.

Mississippi man fights to block deportation of HIV-positive partner

By Conswella Bennett | Tuesday Sep 21, 2010
Even though President Obama has lifted the country’s HIV/AIDS travel ban, Aurelio Tolentino is unable to live with his partner Roi Whaley in Gulfport, Miss., because the country refuses to allow him to remain in the country because of his HIV status.