Married lesbian couple with children to be separated by deportation
”The kids have been crying. It’s sad because they know mommy is leaving…. We already fought our families for our relationship common. Now it’s no longer the family it’s something else.”
Jay Mercado, whose lesbian partner, Shirley Tan, is being deported to the Phillipines. Mercardo and Tan have been together for 23 years and have 12-year-old twin boys. They were married at San Francisco City Hall in 2004. Tan has been fighting to stay in the US for some time and Congresswoman Jackie Speier has asked for an extension. (KGO-TV)
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