Under US Immigration law, same sex couples consisting of a US citizen or permanent resident and a foreign national do not enjoy any of the legal rights or benefits afforded to opposite sex couples. Currently, if a same-sex couple has been united in a civil union or marriage in a jurisdiction or foreign country where […]

A new law passed in France would allow immigration authorities there to require DNA testing to prove the claimed family relationships of prospective immigrants. Passage of the law followed an outcry from those concerned that the strong protections for privacy in French law were being violated or eroded by the new measures; some others were […]