New Bipartisan Bill Would Give Bi-National Couples Equal Treatment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 21, 2005Stephen Fisher 202-216-1547"Our laws should bring families together, not tear them apart," said HRC President Joe Solmonese. WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign today lauded the introduction of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) in the House of Representatives and Senate - a bill that would treat same-sex couples the same as opposite sex-couples for the purposes of immigration. The bill was previously named the Permanent Partners Immigration Act (PPIA).