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Federal Judge Strikes Down Louisiana Law Restricting Immigrants’ Right To Marry

A young girl helps hold a U.S. flag during pro-immigration rally, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP/Eric Gay)
NEW ORLEANS – In a groundbreaking ruling for immigrants who say a Louisiana law denies them the right to marry, a federal judge Tuesday granted a Vietnamese man’s petition to marry his fiancée without first showing his birth certificate.