Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can legally marry in every state in the country. With this ruling, the Court declared unconstitutional the efforts of several states around the country to discriminate against people of the same sex by not allowing them to obtain marriage licenses or recognize ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column I answer the question of a reader who wishes to immigrate to the United States through his future husband who is gay. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here I answer his questions in a general way. Please ... Read more
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional, I wrote that this decision could open the way to immigration benefits for gay couples of citizens or permanent residents. Yesterday, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of ... Read more
President Barack Obama today expressed his approval of the Supreme Court's ruling that declared a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and instructed the U.S. Attorney General to work with other members of the administration to ensure that the DOMA law is not unconstitutional.... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Section 3 of DOMA was a federal law that only recognized marriages between people of different sexes. Because the immigration law ... Read more
Immigration authorities on Monday hinted that decisions on immigration cases involving same-sex couples would be postponed. But today, a spokesman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) told reporters that after a legal review by Department of Homeland Security attorneys, it was concluded that the law prohibiting gay and lesbian couples from ... Read more
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