The fundamental right to marriage is not implicated by an immigration law that allows authorities to block convicted sex offenders from obtaining visas for their spouses, a federal judge has ruled.
Northern District Judge Lawrence Kahn rejected the lawsuit brought by petitioner Alfred Parella, who was convicted in New York in 2000 of first-degree sexual abuse in a case involving a 15-year-old girl.
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