Surviving Spouses Against Deportation

7.23.08 - Fox News St. Louis, Missouri - Navy Spouse Faces Widow Penalty

7.18.08 - DesMoines Register - Lawmakers Discuss Fate of Widow Penalty

7.11.08 - Congressional Quarterly - Judiciary Panel Approves Widow Bill, With King Opposing

7.11.08 - National Journal - House Subcommittee Nudges Widow Bill Forward, Only King Opposes

7.11.08 - AILF Litigation - Court Certifies Circuit Wide Class in Surviving Spouse Suit 

7.10.08 - Congress Now - House Immigration Subcommittee Advances Widow Bill 

7.01.08 - Orange County Register - Immigrant Widows Can Sue DHS for green cards

7.01.08 - La Opinion - Castigadas Por Quedar Viudas

6.30.08 - La Opinion - Front Page - Castigadas Por Quedar Viudas Antes De Tiempo

6.12.08 - Information Week - Second Life Artist Faces Real Life Deportation Due to Death of Spouse 

6.1.08 - Acclaimed Metaverse Artists Faces U.S. Deportation

6.1.08 - Second Life Artist Loses Husband and Faces Deportation

5.29.08 - A Widow's Blog - What happens to us legal immigrants

5.13.08 - Congressman McGovern Introduces Widow Bill

3.28.08 - National Public Radio's This American Life program with Ira Glass to highlight the widow penalty.  For information on radio stations near you, please visit the station finder to locate a channel to listen.  You can also listen online as well.

3.1.08 - Pantagraph - Widow Trying to Stay in U.S. After Husband Was Killed In Iraq

2.12.08 - Demanda reclama la residencia para viudos de ciudadanos estadounidenses

 2.12.08 - Widow Champion Tom Lantos Dies at age 80.  Rep. Lantos was instrumental in helping the widow Anisha Foti, whose husband died while a State Department Diplomatic Courier.  While his efforts only resulted in residency for Anisha alone, his efforts are not forgotten.  See page 8 of the State Department Magazine from 2003 outlining his instrumental role. 

2.8.08 - Miami Herald - Veteran's Widow is Granted Residency

2.7.08 - Florida War Widow Wins, Others Left Behind (press release)

1.29.08 Sina (Chinese Language News) - Widow Penalty Class Action Hearing 

1.29.08 - Univision's Aqui y Ahora show Exposes the Widow Penalty (video)

1.23.08 - Florida War Widow's Petition Approved!

1.10.08 - Miami Herald Editorial - End the Widow Penalty 

12.16.07 - Wizbang - Conservative Blogger Declares Taing Case a Legal Victory in the Fight Against the Widow Penalty

12.16.07 - Citizen Orange Blogs on the Widow Penalty

12.12.07 - Diana Engstrom War Widow Faces Deportation 

9.10.07 - Bee Capitol Bureau - Life Capsized After Husband's Heroic Death - Young Widow Struggling to Stay in U.S.

9.2.07 - San Diego Union Tribune - Hero's Widow May Be Forced to Leave U.S.

8.31.07 - American Bar Association Journal - Spouse's Death Ends U.S. Residency Quest

8.31.07 - KFI Radio Los Angeles - Surviving Spouses Sue for Green Cards (with audio)

8.31.07 - KATU News - Chance for Widows to Stay Hinges on One Word (video)

8.30.07 - National Law Journal - Getting Citizenship for Immigrant Widows

8.30.07 - SFGate - AP - Lawmakers: Widow of Man Who Died Saving Others Should Stay in U.S.

8.30.07 - OPB News - Portland Attorney Challenges Federal Widow Penalty (with audio)

8.29.07 - CBS - Husband Dies Saving 2 Boys, Wife Now Being Deported (video)

8.29.07 - CBS - Widow of Man Who Died Saving Boys May Be Deported

8.29.07 - International Herald Tribune - Attorney Plans Class Action to End Immigration Widow Penalty

8.29.07 - USA Today - Foreign Born Widows Face Deportation

8.29.07 - California Legislature Introduces Assembly Joint Resolution 35 to show support for Jacqueline Coats

8.16.07 - KCBS News San Francisco - Coast Guard, Pelosi Honor San Leandro Hero, his surviving spouse Jacqueline Coats faces deportation

8.6.07 - Florida Widow Raquel Williams Interviewed on Fox News (video)

5.3.07 - Las Vegas Review-Journal - Head-On Collision - DUI Driver Goes to Prison, Spouse of Victim becomes Widow Penalty Victim

4.9.07 - Aporrea - Deportaran a una venezolana que perdio su esposo en Irak

2.1.07 - Brainstorm Northwest Magazine - Play by the Rules, Get Deported

12.21.06 - WTOL Toledo - Iraq Marine's Widow Now Facing the Fight of Her Life

10.12.06 - WESH Orlando - Florida Woman May be Deported After Husband Dies in Iraq

8.25.06 - Florida - Woman's Immigration Woes Begin With Husband's Death

8.20.06 - St. Petersburg Times - Husband Dies During Immigration Interview - Widow Fears Widow Penalty

1.1.06 - Oregon Business Magazine - The Widows Defense

11.15.05 - Widow of Academy Grad Wins Benefits, Right to Work, But Still Faces Uncertain Future - Tennessee

10.24.05 - OPB News - After 29 Years in Portland, Woman May be Deported Under Widows Penalty

9.21.05 - Willamette Week - Widows Lament - A Portland Case Highlights a National Problem

9.12.05 - The Capital - Tennessee Senator Takes up Navy Widow's Battle

9.04.05 - The Capital - Ensigns Widow Destitute, Facing Immigration Fight - Tennessee

8.9.05 - Congressional Research Service - Library of Congress - Widow Penalty Number 2 Most Common Private Bill Enacted

6.24.05 - Vanderbilt Medical Student Drowns Leaving Spouse to fight Widow Penalty

6.22.05 - Fox News Chicago - Senators Durbin and Obama Try to Help Immigrant War Widow

6.14.05 - Obama, Durbin Introduce Bill in Senate to Keep War Widow from Being Deported

5.12.05 - You Magazine - American Dream Becomes Nightmare

4.28.05 - Lowvelder South Africa - Sent Home for Losing Spouse

3.17.05 - South Alabamian - Russian Immigrant Does Not Want to Leave Her Southern Home due to the Widow Penalty

12.15.04 - CFIF Proposes End to Widow Penalty

12.2.04 - Washington Post - Front Page - Widows Face U.S. Deportation

1.1.03 - State Department Magazine - Anisha Foti, Widow of State Dept. Employee Saved by Private Bill (p.8)

7.22.02 - 9/11 Hero's Widow Can Stay in U.S. through Patriot Act Legislation after Suffering Fear of Widow Penalty

7.16.02 - Anisha Foti - Widow of Diplomatic Courier - Private Bill Report