Lawmakers in the U House of Representatives have touted their February passage of a of recent origin immigration bill as a weapon in the war in succession terror.Lawmakers in the U House of Representatives have touted their February passage of a of recent origin immigration bill as a weapon in the war in succession terror. But gay rights activists say the measure, which is now before the U Senate, is also a weapon against gays fleeing persecution. The Real ID Act places "unreasonable demands" onward asylum seekers with more procedural roadblocks, said Victoria Neilson, legal director for Immigration Equality. beneath the bill's stricter guidelines, gays would have a frequently more difficult time proving they were persecut Middle Eastern gays, she said, are frequently persecuted by police under the "smoke screen" of indecency laws, which might not lead to asylum below the new bill. COPYRIGHT 2005 Liberation Publications, Inc. |
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