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ellen_datlow ([personal profile] ellen_datlow) wrote2009-04-04 11:05 pm

Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic Request Your Moral Support

This one of the dumbest things our government has tried to do yet:

The "Exotic Enemies Do Get Married" Campaign


I've never actually seen the couple together (in fact, I hardly ever see Bruce at all these days) so I can't help, other than to spread the word to those who have met them. For anyone reading this who has met them as a couple, please write a letter as per the plea and send it on to them to use for immigration.
You'll be doing a good deed and it costs you nothing but time.

[identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see it as a sense of "entitlement" but a basic citizen's right. There are plenty of other ways to "prove" a marriage.

[identity profile] n5red.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's not fair, but that's the way the INS works. For her to get American citizenship, certain hoops must be jumped through. They can both continue with their respective citizenships or they can follow the process. American citizenship is considered a privilege. And there have been enough "Green Card marriages" that the INS has put the current rules in place.

I've looked at a lot of immigration and emigration issues over the years, many of them are quite an imposition.

[identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe she wants American citizenship. She merely wants to be able to travel back and forth with her husband.