

IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF OF DOMA'S UNCONSTITUTIONALITY
Less than a week after the Supreme Court's ruling in United States vs Windsor that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security, today directed the USCIS to review immigration visa petitions filed on behalf of a same-sex spouse in the same manner as one filed on behalf of an opposite-sex spouse. Effective immediately, U.S. citizens and permanent residents in same-sex marriages can file family-based