Our Story: Charles and Mauricio

This time of year, while many of us are looking forward to time with our families, binational same-sex couples are lamenting the holidays. Often either separated from one another or living in exile, these couples are kept apart by a sad combination of U.S. marriage and immigration laws. This is the story of Charles and Mauricio, a couple living in San Francisco -- until Mauricio's visa expires and they're forced to leave the U.S.