 What if the love you cherished could be ripped from you, and there s nothing you could do to stop it? If a gay American falls in love with a foreigner, there s no legal way for the couple to stay together. The choices are dire - live apart from the one you love, live together as fugitives, or flee the U.S. in search of freedom in one of sixteen countries that support same-sex immigration. Such is the story of Nicole and Amy in Maple Palm. A lesbian couple of fifteen years living with the secret that one is an illegal immigrant. When their secret is exposed, the girls must choose -- fight to stay together, or let bureaucracy tear them apart. This intense dramatic feature exposes the harsh reality of nonexistent same-sex immigration protections in the United States, and the ruthless ambivalence bi-national couples are forced to endure.