Members Lucky Posted January 5, 2012 Members Posted January 5, 2012 Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk have been together for 19 years. They're married and live in the Castro, but have been living under the threat of separation because Wells is a U.S. citizen and Makk a citizen of Australia. That threat ended Wednesday, when they won a two-year stay of Makk's deportation. Congressperson Nancy Pelosi had intervened as Makk is seriously ill from AIDS, and Wells is his primary caregiver. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/04/MNM61ML0I7.DTL#ixzz1iawWAQsV Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 This is good news. I had been following that originally and I had wondered what happened. Quote
Members axiom2001 Posted January 5, 2012 Members Posted January 5, 2012 My heart goes out to both of these men. When I heard the news the first time via San Francisco television news--I felt sorry and question the rationale for the Aussie's deportation. Ridiculous! Insane! Inane! Take each case individually and rule in the affirmative if it's warranted. Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 6, 2012 Author Members Posted January 6, 2012 I wonder why not a permanent reprieve. I hope that they don't figure the ill man only has 2 years left. Quote
