BIA: DOMA No Bar to Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages Under Immigration Laws
Same-sex marriage is in the immigration news today. In Matter of Oleg B. Zeleniak, the Board of Immigration Appealsruled Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, Pub. L. No. 104 199, 110 Stat. 2419, 2419(1996), is no longer an impediment to the recognition of lawful same-sex marriages andspouses under the Immigration and Nationality Act if the marriage is valid under the lawsof the State where it was celebrated. Chair Neal wrote the decision.
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