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Congressional trio sends letter to support Dummerston couple (Brattleboro Reformer)

February 15, 2012

By Chris Garofalo DUMMERSTON — Vermont’s congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reconsider a December 2011 decision to deny a spousal green card for a Japanese woman legally married to her American wife. U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernard Sanders and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch sent a letter to department [...]

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Dummerston couple’s push for green card denied (Brattleboro Reformer)

December 21, 2011

By Chris Garofalo DUMMERSTON — A lesbian couple is appealing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s decision to deny a spousal green card as questions about their marriage loom with threat of deportation. Dummerston residents Frances Herbert and Japanese-born Takako Ueda, legally married in Vermont earlier this year, were denied a green card on Dec. [...]

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