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. Act 436, signed into law in July 2015 and in effect since January 2016, “is an unlawful state attempt to
Federal Judge Strikes Down Louisiana Law Restricting Immigrants’ Right To Marry
Former Louisiana Gov. Piyush “Bobby” Jindal, who was born in Louisiana to an immigrant Indian-national father, signed the law in July 2015.