Legal Question in Immigration Law in Louisiana

Re: gay marriage rights illegal imergration

As it stands now, no. Federal law governs in immigration and, despite the fact that CA law allows same-sex marriage, the immigration laws do not yet allow benefits to same sex beneficiaries of those marriages. Hopefully, Congress will permit this someday in the future. An interesting scenario -- one that I would not mind putting to the test if it ever comes up. Maybe there is another possibility for one of the parties in such a relationship to obtain status and eventually citizenship. Good luck!