Immigration Equality (organization)とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Immigration Equality is an American advocacy organization working for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, (LGBT) and HIV-positive individuals under the policies of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service). Founded in 1994 as the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, the group is headquartered in New York with chapters in thirteen other U.S. cities. Immigration Equality is the only national LGBT immigration organization in the United States and according to Andrew Sullivan they do "the lion's share of work in advocating for equal treatment for gay spouses and HIV-positive immigrants." The group led the effort to change the HIV travel and immigration ban, a cause championed by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in the Senate, and signed into law by then U.S. President George Bush. It is unclear whether applicants will still have to declare their HIV status. In August 2007, Congressperson Barbara Lee of California introduced House Resolution 3337, the HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act of 2007. This bill would have allow travelers and immigrants entry to the U.S. without disclosing their HIV status, it failed to become law.