The Uniting American Families Act (formerly the Permanent Partners Immigration Act) would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow Americans to sponsor their same-sex foreign partners for immigration benefits. The UAFA was introduced in June, and so far, only one Michigan Congressman – Representative Sander Levin – has co-sponsored the bill in either house of Congress.
Contact your U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative and urge them to sign on as co-sponsors of the Uniting American Families Act. Let them know that bi-national same-sex life partners deserve the same legal rights as opposite sex couples.
Senator Carl Levin: 269 Russell Office Building, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510-2202. Call 202-224-6221. Email Senator Levin by visiting the Contact Center on his website at http://www.senate.gov/~levin.
Senator Debbie Stabenow: 133 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510. Call 202-224-4822 or TTY: 202-224-2066 or e-mail [email protected].
To find your U.S. Representative, visit Project Vote Smart at http://www.vote-smart.org or call the U.S. Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
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