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marriageequality:

“Dee was born in the United States and Magdalena was born in Mexico. Both entered into a committed and co-habiting relationship when Magdalena came here to apply for a green card. Magdalena’s mother—already in the United States—petitioned for her to receive a green card under the “family unification” policy; however, her mother died before the green card could be issued and Magdalena was deported back to Mexico. Now, Dee and Magdalena are forced to part because Dee cannot sponsor her partner to gain citizenship.  
Under the current immigration law, heterosexual couples can sponsor their partner to come to the United States, while same-sex couples cannot because same-sex marriage is not recognized on the federal level. Dee is devastated that she has to separate from the woman she loves. “What do I do? It’s bad enough that we cannot marry but I am an American citizen who deserves the right to be in America with the person I love, who in the eyes of god is my only family,” said Dee on the Out4Immigration website. This is just one story—of many more—where a same-sex bi-national couple (one a U.S. citizen and the other foreign born) are torn apart by the U.S government, which views their “committed and co-habiting relationship” as illegitimate and unwarranted of the rights that are given to heterosexual couples. ”