A Texas federal judge has declared that the Indian Child Welfare Act, a landmark law that places preference in the adoption of Native American children with American Indian tribes, is unconstitutional.

The decision in Brackeen v. Zinke focused on three non-Native American foster families who were seeking to adopt Native American children but were threatened with having them removed from their homes and placed with tribes under the ICWA.

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