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Here is another update to my recent blog post updating an older post about Same-Sex marriage issues in the immigration Context:

Today the Attorney General issued an opinion vacating and remanding an order for removal (deportation) to the Board of Immigration Appeals, so that the BIA can consider for the first time, the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), its applicability to New Jersey family law, etc. This appears to be another step in the direction of eradicating the unjustifiable distinction between legal heterosexual and legal same-sex marriage under the immigration laws of this country. I welcome Attorney General Holder's decision in this case, and hope that the BIA acts bravely to determine that DOMA will no longer be followed in immigration cases. This would have a profound impact on same-sex married couple's ability to immigrate to and live together in the United States.