Mass. man says Brazilian husband denied US asylum

[GodlessBiker]

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS (AP) – 17 hours ago

BOSTON — A gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won't be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S., the husband said Monday.

Tim Coco said Attorney General Eric Holder did not act on a Friday deadline in the case of Genesio "Junior" Oliveira, effectively denying the 30-year-old Brazilian man's request for asylum in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.

"We needed the Attorney General to make a decision on whether Junior could come home," said Coco, 48, of Haverhill. "He didn't take this request seriously."

The Justice Department did not immediately return messages.

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[katandmoon]

1. That's because he's not a Republican.

[robinlynne]

2. asylum? asylum has nothing to do with a visa based on marriage. Something is

missing in this story. You can't request two kinds of visas. This I can tell you for sure, as my husband was Brazilian and we went through all the visa applications in both countries.

[JonQ]

4. Yeah, something doesn't add up here

If he were trying to make the case that he should be a citizen because he's married to a citizen (happens frequently enough) I could see that. Of course that would be an interesting legal precedent to set since we don't generally recognize same sex marriages.

[robinlynne]

5. but poltiical asylum from Brasil? On what grounds? Brasil no longer has a military government.

[Ian David]

3. How many husbands is a Brazilian? n/t

[robinlynne]

6. one damn good one!