EDGE on the Net

LGBTs and their allies stood together on April 10 to demand that the Gang of 8 deliver comprehensive immigration reform.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects the Senate to pass the immigration reform, which protects LGBT bi-national families, even though conservatives, including Sen. John McCain, have strongly opposed the idea.

When Paul Babeu, sheriff of a rural Arizona county, was outed by a Mexican lover whom he allegedly threatened with deportation, it played up the intersection (& sometime paradox) of the right-wing’s twin bugbears: illegal immigrants & out-gay allies.

Anthony John Makk continues to fight his possible deportation back to his native Australia after an immigration court last month denied him permanent residency as the spouse of an American citizen.

The Obama administration said Thursday it will indefinitely delay deporting many illegal immigrants who don’t have criminal records and will offer them a chance to apply for a work permit.

News Analysis: Attorney General Holder’s unusual decision to intervene in Paul Wilson Dorman’s immigration case shows the current law’s difficulties - for same-sex couples and the government

A judge in Newark, N.J., on Friday, May 6, halted Venezuelan salsa dancer Henry Velandia’s deportation after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder intervened.

The LGBT Community Center in lower Manhattan hosted a panel on Sunday, April 10, that highlighted the plight of bi-national same-sex couples that continue to struggle to keep their families intact.

After a brief reprieve, immigration authorities are once again denying applications for immigration benefits for same sex couples following a legal review.

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.