Trump administration halts visas for same-sex partners of diplomats, UN employees
President Donald Trump's administration this week began denying visas to the unmarried, same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and officials and employees of the United Nations — making marriage a requirement to be eligible for a visa.
The shift was detailed in a memo circulated at the United Nations' headquarters in New York last month. It gives the same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and United Nations workers until the end of the year to get married or leave the country.
Critics of the move argue the new policy will create hardship for same-sex couples from countries that ban same-sex marriage or only offer civil unions. And for those who marry in the U.S. to secure their visa status, they could face criminal proceedings once they return to their home nations.
Samantha Power, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations who served under former president Barack Obama described the policy in a tweet as "needlessly cruel and bigoted."
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/10/02/trump-halts-visas-same-sex-partners-diplomats-un-employees/1495218002/
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