A New York immigration judge halted the deportation of an American citizen's Colombian husband on Wednesday just moments after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), according to an activist group aiding the couple's legal defense.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to reach long-awaited verdicts on Wednesday concerning both California's Proposition 8 banning same sex marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which does the same on the federal level.
The rights of married same-sex couples will come under scrutiny at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday in the second of two landmark cases being considered by the top judicial panel.
