Legally Married Gay Man Faces US Deportation

Henry Velandia is married to a U.S. citizen, but he might be deported anyway. That's because the Venezuelan-born salsa teacher's legal same-sex marriage in Connecticut isn't recognized by the federal government. So his husband -- Josh Vandiver, a Princeton University doctoral student from Colorado -- can't sponsor him for residency the way he could in a heterosexual marriage.

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