Monday, May 09, 2011

Judge Gives Immigrant in Same-Sex Marriage a Reprieve From Deportation

This couple has been given several more months for the appeals courts to decide this case. It gives them time to fight deportation and will help others in similar situations too. - - Donna Poisl

By JULIA PRESTON

An immigration judge in Newark on Friday suspended the deportation of a Venezuelan man who is married to an American man, responding to an unusual signal this week from the Obama administration that it is exploring legal avenues for recognizing same-sex marriages in immigration cases.

The Venezuelan, Henry Velandia, had been awaiting the hearing with dread, since immigration authorities had said it was the last step before his deportation. Mr. Velandia, a dancer, was legally married last year in Connecticut to Josh Vandiver, a graduate student at Princeton.
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