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	<title>LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Project</title>
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		<title>ALMA Endorses Uniting American Families Act (UAFA)</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=139</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) is adding our name to the list of official endorsements of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). This is a legislation that would allow a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to sponsor their same-sex partner for immigration purposes to the U.S., a right which heterosexual couples have. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queer, Undocumented, &amp; Unafraid [Video]</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=136</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is part of a series by Cuentame, called &#8220;An Honest Conversation.&#8221; In this video they interview Jorge, who speaks about his experience as a queer undocumented immigrant.]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration, faith and the LGBT community</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=130</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article, originally entitled &#8220;Rabbi: LGBTQ and immigration reform are allies&#8221; was written by Northwestern University student journalist Zen Vuong. It is based on an event on November 18, 2011, organized by Congregation Or Chadash and the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, member organizations of the LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Coalition.  Nineteen Jewish people discussed Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quigley Brings Local Testimony on Same-Sex Marriage to Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=123</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, December 7, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), citing testimony received from prominent speakers and community organizations during a field hearing held in Chicago. Rep. Quigley’s speech was as follows: &#160; “Mister Speaker, in 1996 Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear ALMA Supporters and Friends,</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=119</link>
		<comments>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=119#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) begins its 23rd year of serve to the Latino LGBTQ community on January 1, 2012, we continue build off a very rich and remarkable history. Whether taking the role as the lead gay organization helping to build a coalition among LGBTQ groups and others on comprehensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undocumented Immigrants Part of LGBT Community Assesment</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=115</link>
		<comments>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=115#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) and Amigas Latinas are co-hosting a focus group specifically for undocumented gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) immigrants in Chicago. This is taking part as part of the LGBT Community Needs Assessment, a project of the Chicago Community Trust&#8217;s LGBT Community Fund. The information collected will help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LGBTQ Organizations Call for End of Secure Communities Program</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=111</link>
		<comments>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=111#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Organizations Call for the Immediate Elimination of ICE&#8217;s &#8220;Secure Communities&#8221; Program. The Association of Latino Men for Action is one of the endorsing organizations. The text below is re-posted from the Coalition United Against Violence website, where you can also find an updated list of the signing organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Legislators Hold Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=45</link>
		<comments>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=45#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this hearing the LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Coalition provided a testimony explaining the relationship between the repeal of DOMA and the rights of immigrant communities (Read it here). Bellow is the press release from the office of Congressman Quigley. CHICAGO – Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-04), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[Video] LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=82</link>
		<comments>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=82#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video recording of the Coalition&#8217;s first Immigrant Rights Forum. The event featured Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Congressman Mike Quigley, and the Commissioner of Chicago&#8217;s Department of Human Relations, Mona Noriega, as moderator of the panel. Also presenting were  Keren Zwick, from the National Immigrant Justice Center; Fred Tsao, from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why immigrant rights are an LGBT issue</title>
		<link>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=61</link>
		<comments>http://www.almachicago.org/immigration/?p=61#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[#1. We are immigrants too: Of the 10.8 million people who live in the United States undocumented, many are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ). Some of these are LGBTQ youth who came with their families as minors and consider the U.S. their home, while others came to escape persecution in their own countries. They have built their lives here, fallen [...]]]></description>
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