SAME-SEX MARRIAGE & IMMIGRATION

On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Windsor that the federal interpretation of “marriage” and “spouse” as legislated in Section 3 of the “DOMA” to strictly heterosexual marriages was unconstitutional because it denied same-sex couples their constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment.On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Windsor that the federal interpretation of “marriage” and “spouse” as legislated in Section 3 of the “DOMA” to strictly heterosexual marriages was unconstitutional because it denied same-sex couples their constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment.