Josh Vandiver

Another battle which is loosening the Jenga pieces is the bigoted piece of legislation known as DOMA — officials have canceled the deportation of a Venezuelan man in New Jersey who is married to an American man.

A federal immigration judge on Friday halted the deportation of Henry Velandia, a Venezuelan native who married U.S. citizen Josh Vandiver in Connecticut last year.

While Organizations like ALL OUT and GetEQUAL are pushing to stop tomorrow’s deportation of Henry Valendia, thus tearing him apart from his legal marriage with Joshua Vandiver, it seems Attorney General Eric Holder is taking further steps to discredit the ant-gay Defense of Marriage Act.

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts speaks with Josh Vandiver and Henry Velandia, a binational same-sex couple married last year in Connecticut, where gay marriage is legal. As a result of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Velandia is facing deportation hearing on May 6.

A U.S. congressman from New Jersey has asked the Obama to halt deportation proceedings against the same-sex spouses of U.S. citizens, making the request on behalf of a gay couple who reside in his district.