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Same-Sex Couple Wins Immigration Court Fight

NEWARK, N.J. - An immigration judge on Thursday stopped deportation proceedings against Henry Velandia, the Venezuelan-born legal spouse of U.S. citizen Joshua Vandiver, citing new federal guidelines to honor same-sex marriages that were once proscribed under the Defense of Marriage Act.

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