Some binational same-sex couples received good news about pending deportation orders this week, thanks partly to the Obama administration's new policy making certain deportations low priority.

Denver immigration judge Mimi Tsankov Friday halted the deportation of Sujey Pando and scheduled a new hearing in January based on her marriage to U.S. citizen Violeta Pando, attorney Lavi Soloway reported on his Stop the Deportations blog. Sujey is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who came to the U.S. as a minor. She married longtime partner Violeta last year in Iowa, where same-sex marriage is legally recognized. They live in Denver.