Widow Reprieve

The New York Times reports that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has granted a two-year reprieve to widows and widowers of US Citizens whose applications for permanent residency were denied due to the death of their spouses. "While Ms. Napolitano's order does not change or abolish the law, as its opponents have sought, it suspends action, including deportation proceedings, in cases involving widows and widowers who reside in the United States and were married for fewer than two years before their spouses died."