Scott blogged earlier about the dilemma of Josh Vandiver and Henry Velandia, a bi-national couple that faced separation over Velandia’s deportation order. Some relief to report today. (AP):
A Venezuelan salsa dancer who legally married an American man in a same-sex ceremony last year has had his deportation placed on hold.The decision comes one day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder set aside a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling in a similar case.
Henry Velandia, who faces deportation to Venezuela, is petitioning to be allowed to remain in the U.S. as the spouse of U.S. citizen Josh Vandiver.
GetEqual broke the news:

@GetEQUAL: Henry Velandia’s deportation hearing – Case adjourned to master calendar in Dec…allowed to stay in country til then.



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Thanks for posting thisWe need to stop fighting these battles one by one in the court of public opinion. In March 2011, a New York couple got a similar 11th hour reprieve.
http://www.advocate.com/News/D…
In June 2010, Senator John Kerry intervened on behalf of a married couple in Massachusetts also facing the same fate.
http://bh.heraldinteractive.co…
We need policy Change™ like DHS did for those widowed in the process of naturalization.