How DARE Obama discriminate against LGBTQ whatevers?
Amazing. The left is a bunch of hypocrites.WASHINGTON -- Undocumented LGBT immigrants are criticizing President Barack Obama for excluding them from his immigration plan, even as they are happy to see members of their families and communities freed from the fear of deportation.The president announced last week that he would grant short-term deferred action and working rights to parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who themselves have been in the country for at least five years. But lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender immigrants say that the plan doesn’t equally value their family relationships. Undocumented LGBT immigrants may be less likely to have U.S. citizen children due to marriage and adoption laws, while they may have critical ties with U.S. citizen nieces and nephews.
LGBT immigrants also have a compelling need for deportation relief, advocates argue, for they often face homophobia and violence in their home countries and a high risk of victimization in U.S. detention facilities.
Last week, a coalition of LGBT and civil rights organizations urged the president to make length of residency in the United States an alternative criteria for relief, in addition to parenthood. Legal experts contend that Obama had adequate legal precedent to extend deferred action to LGBT immigrants, if he chose to do so.
Alejandro, who lives in Chicago and is not using his last name for fear of job loss, is one of the roughly 267,000 undocumented LGBT-identified adultsliving in the United States. He came to the U.S. from Mexico about 15 years ago and is not eligible for deferred action under Obama's plan because he does not have children. He told The Huffington Post that he was glad many people would be helped, but “very disappointed” that so many LGBT immigrants aren't covered, especially given that Obama has “said he is friendly with the LGBT community.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6214944.html
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Originally Posted by GrassrootsConservative
