| Because of a flaw in the law, legal spouses of American citizens face automatic denial and threat of deportation when their spouses die during lengthy bureaucratic green card processing. There are over two hundred of these cases across the country affecting women, mothers and children.
This horrible, unintended practice is called the Widow Penalty, and efforts have been under way since 2004 to end the widow penalty. See the Obama Administration response which fails to overturn the Widow Penalty, but gives a two year reprieve on the deportations of surviving spouses!
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| On June 23, 2009, International Widows Day, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) (pictured above), Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and members of Surviving Spouses Against Deportation Natalia Goukassian (left) and Maria Diaz-Ruiz (right) gathered to urge passage of bi-partisan legislation (S. 815, H.R. 1870) to end the widow penalty. |
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07.09.09 - The Hatch Amendment to End the Widow Penalty Passes Senate!
07.04.09 - Air Force Widow Fights Deportation
06.30.09 - New York Federal Judge Strikes Down Widow Penalty
06.24.09 - TIME Magazine Asks: Will Congress End the Widow Penalty?
06.23.09 - International Widows Day D.C.
06.17.09 - DEFERRED ACTION GUIDANCE ISSUED
06.16.09 - Texas Judge Denies Gov't Motion to Dismiss
06.14.09 - CBS News 60 Minutes on Widow Penalty
06.12.09 - Senator Menendez Introduces Orphans and Widows Bill
06.09.09 - NYT, WSJ - Reprieve on Deportation for Widows
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