On May 18, 2021, the U.S. State Department ended its discriminatory policy of refusing to recognize the birthright citizenship of the children of many married same-sex couples born abroad. Similarly, on August … Continue reading USCIS Ends Discriminatory Policy Against Queer Families! The Agency Now Acknowledges Marriages of Same-Sex Couples and Their Right to Confer U.S. Birthright Citizenship to Their Children.