Fight to end the widow penalty

July 10, 2009

A foreigner who marries a U.S. citizen is entitled to become a permanent U.S. resident.  Yet, our own immigration service has been trying to deport several hundred widows and a few widowers – foreigners who had been married to American citizens when the Americans died.  The following is information on the fight to end the widow penalty.

In late night vote Senate passes measure to end 'widow penalty' , media release, July 10, 2009

Will Congress End the Immigration 'Widow Penalty'? article, June 24, 2009

'You can go. He can stay.' , media release, June 23, 2009

CBS’s 60 Minutes on the ‘widow penalty’, video, June 10, 2009

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