According to an article in today's New York Times, there is an apparent brain drain going on. It seems that among committed gay couples in which one partner is a foreign citizen, his or her American partner is apt to leave the U.S. for the partner's home country because the foreign partner can't get a so-called Green Card allowing permanent U.S. residence. That's not true for married heterosexual couples of different nationalities. In that case, the non-U.S. citizen can easily get that coveted piece of green paper as soon as the marriage license ink is dry.
Now President Obama has pledged to solve the problem as part of immigration reform. His proposal includes a way for a permanently committed U. S. citizen to petition for a Green Card for his or her partner.
The lesson: Should the President's proposal become law, fewer employers will face losing a valued employee becasue he or she has to move overseas for love.
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