June 3, 2009
Julian Bond, the Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP, testified last Wednesday at the UAFA Senate Hearings before the Senate Judiciary on the discrimination LGBT couples face regarding immigration laws. Mr. Bond's statements included the following:
The definition of family should not be interpreted so stringently as to exclude loving couples who happen to be of the same gender. Family sponsorship accounts for more than 85% of legal immigration in the US; the system has not been updated in 20 years.Click on video below:
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