A reader writes:
I saw you on Fareed Sunday morning. It was refreshing to see you fighting the same battle I have been fighting for 11 years. The issue is further complicated by income and education. I am an American and worked in Telecommunication Wireless for 17 years. I met an Israeli 11 years ago in Florida where I was living. Six months later I moved to NYC to be with him. He advised me of his immigration problem and I began doing research, met with Immigration Equality in Manhattan, met with one of the best immigration attorneys. I quickly realized there was nothing that could be done except to live in fear – quietly under the radar, which we have done for over a decade, always afraid that a traffic stop could end my wonderful life with my partner.
I am happy that you, being more educated, were able to finally solve this and obtain a green card. Here is the sad story for my partner and I: we are both uneducated.
No college degree, so we were even more discriminated on than you and your partner. I still live in fear and hiding. Everything is in my name. He is unable to travel to Israel to see his brother's four children. I have flown to Israel twice to see his family there without him. You know the pain and fear we live in and still have no hope until DOMA is gone or PPIA is passed.
Another writes:
I feel like giving up. My Domestic Partner and I have been together for 11 years, raising my son together. He is HIV Positive from Ecuador. If he could only work legally we would have had a secure and dignified life. I stand with you hoping it will someday change. Please keep fighting for equality. We live in fear that he will be deported. If we could just marry and enjoy the same liberties as straight couples. People have no idea what suffering the Defense of Marriage Act has caused.
They don't. But we will overcome this. You can reach Immigration Equality if you need them or want to help them here. (Full disclosure: I'm on the board.)
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