Family, unvalued - discrimination, denial, and the fate of binational same-sex couples under U.S. law

Published by: Human Rights Watch (HRW), 2006
Via: Docuticker

The United States, a nation of immigrants, likes to see itself as a symbol of freedom. Family reunification is central to U.S. immigration policies. Yet some families have no recognition-- and no rights. Binational same-sex couples are lesbian and gay couples where one partner is a U.S. citizen, the other a foreign national. There are an estimated 40,000 such couples in the U.S. according to the 2000 U.S. Census.

In this report, couples tell stories of abuse by immigration officials and even deportation. They describe the devastating impact not only on their partnerships but on their careers, homes, children, livelihoods, and lives. Most of all, Family Unvalued lets the reader hear the sometimes horrifying, always enlightening testimony of lesbian and gay families: people simply seeking to build a better future...together