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Week in Review: Serious Business Edition (June 26-July 3)
Wednesday, 06 July 2011
by Angela Wu
Today’s Week in Review is a bit more serious, so let’s jump into it. Henry Velandia, husband of Princeton grad student Josh Vandiver, will officially not be deported. Velandia, who because of the Defense of Marriage Act was unable to be sponsored for a green card by his spouse, had been facing deportation proceedings because
- Published in Week in Review
Judge Halts Deportation of Henry Velandia
Sunday, 08 May 2011
by Vivienne Chen
A major victory for Princeton couple Joshua Vandiver GS and his husband Henry Velandia: an immigration judge in Newark ruled yesterday that Venezuelan-born Velandia’s deportation would be halted until December in light of developing national policy on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The background: Vandiver met Velandia in 2006, and they legally married in
- Published in Politics, Princeton in the News
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deportation, DOMA, Henry velandia, Joshua Vandiver, President Obama, same-sex marriage