Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) Reintroduced
By Amos Lim, Out4ImmigrationFriday, February 13, 2009
Representative Jerold Nadler (D-NY) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) re-introduced the Uniting American Families Act on February 12th, 2009. The bill has secured 79 original cosponsors in the House (H.R. 1024) and 14 cosponsors in the Senate (S. 424), the highest number of original co-sponsors in the history of the bill since it was first introduced in February of 2000.
Thanks goes to Marriage Equality, API Equality, Join the Impact, Love Exiles, PFLAG and Immigration Equality for working on this very important bill.
We look forward to a hearing in the Judiciary Committee for this bill and are cautiously optimistic that the bill will be voted on or included in any comprehensive immigration reform bill. Call your Congressman and Senators today and ask them to push for hearings. The Capitol Hill switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121.
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