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Lawmakers Call For End To Citizenship Policy Unfair To Kids Of Same-Sex Couples
Huff Post |
The Trump administration must stop applying a discriminatory policy that denies citizenship to some children born abroad to same-sex couples, 19 senators and 80 representatives said Thursday in letters to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The government treats some children born outside the United States to same-sex married couples as “born out of wedlock” ― a distinction that requires them to be biologically related to a U.S. citizen parent in order to be considered a citizen themselves. Democratic lawmakers called out President Donald Trump last week over the policy after he posted a tweet urging people to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ community persecuted abroad. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, tweeted that the administration “fought” to “deny citizenship to some children of same-sex American couples.” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democratic presidential candidate, and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) separately highlighted Trump’s own record on the LGBTQ community. |