Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York has announced plans to reintroduce a measure that would defend bi-national gay and lesbian couples whose partnerships are threatened by deportations. The Uniting American Families Act would seek to provide immigration equality to bi-national same sex couples. Nadler’s plan follows a New York judge’s decision to halt deportation hearings that would have separated a female citizen of Argentina from her American wife. The judge’s decision marks the first time a married same-sex couple has successfully halted a pending deportation based on the Obama administration’s decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act.