DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to Issue Written Guidance: 'Family Relationships' Include Same-Sex Partners
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DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to Issue Written Guidance: 'Family Relationships' Include Same-Sex Partners

Seattle : WA : USA | Sep 28, 2012 at 11:19 AM PDT
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Include Same-Sex Partners In the June 2011 memo from Director Morton, the Department of Homeland Security spelled out factors ICE officers should consider when deciding which immigration cases are classified as low priority for removal...In a letter yesterday to the 84 Members of Congress who demanded... FULL ARTICLE AT Towleroad
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Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
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