the writing seminar faculty at princeton and a professional dance teacher and a small business owner join me in studio and tell me what they're facing. it's good to have you here. i appreciate your time and also your willingness to share your story. josh, what is the situation right now in what you face for henry's possible deportation? >> henry faces a deportation hearing may 6th so a little over a week from now. the reason he's being deported, he's from venezuela, we're a same-sex couple. we got married last year and yet the federal government does not recognize our marriage. in the immigration context the federal government comes into my home and rips my husband away from me. >> henry, for you, when you came here in 2002 from vens ezuela a you came on a visitor's visa, did you think then that you wanted to stay, that you wanted to become a green carded citizen here in the u.s. and what steps did you take at that point to do it on your own?