I was traveling for most of the holiday weekend, so I wasn't able to pick up last Wednesday's comic book shipment until early this afternoon. One of the books that was waiting for me was ASTONISHING X-MEN #56. This past June (in issue #51), Canadian X-Man Northstar married his longtime boyfriend Kyle Jinadu. The couple has barely had time to send out "thank you" notes because Northstar has been bopping around with his teammates fighting Karma's evil half-sister. (And let me digress by adding that this has been one of the best Karma-focused story that I've ever read.)
Anyway, it is looking like Northstar and Kyle will be facing a much more mundane threat in coming months: U.S. Immigration officials. That's right. While his other half was fighting crime, Kyle was getting visited by agents from I.C.E. who seem particularly interested in Northstar's immigration status. Check this out:
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I'm not sure why the I.C.E. agents are focused so much on Jean-Paul (AKA Northstar). I mean, there is a school-full of international mutants in upstate New York -- one who was just whisked into the States from Brazil just earlier this month. My point is that Jean-Paul is an international professional athlete and a teacher. It's unlikely that he's able to work professionally in the States without some sort of work visa.
But this story is going to explore the negative effects of the United States' Defense of Marriage Act on bi-national LGBT couples. Married heterosexual American citizens can sponsor the federal government to keep their international spouses in the States. But federal DOMA doesn't recognize our marriages, which causes bi-national LGBT couples risk of involuntary separation.
At least with Jean-Paul and Kyle, they can always relocate to Quebec if Northstar gets the boot. I'm sure Alpha Flight would welcome him back, husband and all.
I'll keep readers updated as this new storyline develops.![]()
Anyway, it is looking like Northstar and Kyle will be facing a much more mundane threat in coming months: U.S. Immigration officials. That's right. While his other half was fighting crime, Kyle was getting visited by agents from I.C.E. who seem particularly interested in Northstar's immigration status. Check this out:
I'm not sure why the I.C.E. agents are focused so much on Jean-Paul (AKA Northstar). I mean, there is a school-full of international mutants in upstate New York -- one who was just whisked into the States from Brazil just earlier this month. My point is that Jean-Paul is an international professional athlete and a teacher. It's unlikely that he's able to work professionally in the States without some sort of work visa.
But this story is going to explore the negative effects of the United States' Defense of Marriage Act on bi-national LGBT couples. Married heterosexual American citizens can sponsor the federal government to keep their international spouses in the States. But federal DOMA doesn't recognize our marriages, which causes bi-national LGBT couples risk of involuntary separation.
At least with Jean-Paul and Kyle, they can always relocate to Quebec if Northstar gets the boot. I'm sure Alpha Flight would welcome him back, husband and all.
I'll keep readers updated as this new storyline develops.
