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TELL YOUR SENATORS: LGBT families must be included in immigration reform!

As UCCers, our Christian tradition teaches us to welcome and care for our neighbors with love and compassion. Of the many great injustices in this broken immigration system, family separation is one of the most egregious. Immigration policies should make expeditious family reunification a top priority and should include all families as part of that foundation.

Under current immigration law, gay and lesbian people cannot sponsor their foreign-born partner for an immigration visa, no matter how long they have been together or how committed their relationship. With no ability to sponsor their partners, U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are being forced to live abroad, disrupting their careers, uprooting their children, and breaking ties with family, local communities and places of worship. No one should be forced to choose between their country and the person they love. It is time that U.S. immigration laws kept families together instead of tearing them apart.

Tell Your Senators: LGBT Families Must Be Included in Immigration Reform!

The Senate’s immigration reform framework does not explicitly include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families — but this framework is not yet a bill.

Now is the time to act! Contact your Senators and let them know that you want a fair, humane, and inclusive bill that will allow all families to remain together.