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Operation yields 8 criminal and 5 administrative arrests Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) arrested 13 individuals on marriage fraud-related charges. U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez and ICE Special Agent in Charge Manuel Oyola Torres announced the arrest today in San Juan....read more Three Convicted in 5-Year Fraudulent Marriage for U.S. Visas Operation Three people were convicted Monday for their role in a massive marriage fraud operation centered in the Twin Cities....read more Shield Foundation shelter shakedown Bob Hartzog of Glendale, Ariz. was roused out of his slumber by a ringing phone. It was the cops. According to the policeman, Hartzog's wife Valentina charged he had forced her to have sex and threatened to kill her....read more Rancho Cucamonga woman charged with arranging sham marriages for illegal aliens A woman from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., made her initial appearance in federal court on federal charges stemming from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into allegations she arranged sham marriages for dozens of foreign nationals seeking to legalize their immigration status....read more Sailor in marriage scam gets 2-year jail sentence A U.S. Navy sailor who fled to Europe after admitting he arranged sham marriages at Mayport Naval Station was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison....read more 3 Plead Guilty To Navy Marriage Fraud Scheme Three people entered guilty pleas in a marriage fraud scheme involving two U.S. Navy sailors from the Mayport naval base, United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announced on Friday....read more RESTRAINING ORDERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN NEW JERSEY? For many years, domestic violence laws have been carelessly abused at both the federal and state levels....read more Guyanese Woman Convicted For Marriage Fraud A Guyanese woman and an American man face up to five years in prison, after they were convicted in a West Virginia court on a marriage fraud charge...read more Attorney Working For Immigration Agency Arrested For Taking Bribes From Prospective Immigrants A senior attorney with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was arrested today after allegedly taking a $20,000 bribe from an immigrant seeking documentation to remain in the United States...read more Joe Biden's War on Dads The American Bar Association is a special-interest group like any other association representing its members...read more 12 arrested in large-scale Dallas marriage fraud investigation Twelve people were arrested on May 12th after officers from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS), and special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), uncovered a large-scale marriage fraud ring involving fraudulent marriages dating back to the early 1970s...read more ARE POLITICIANS ASSISTING TERRORISTS? Immigration fraud is often overlooked by the politicians. In fact, I cannot think of a single candidate for the Presidency who is willing to discuss immigration fraud. Indeed, there are precious few members of the United States Senate or the House of Representatives who are willing to discuss immigration fraud...read more Ex-fed agent fined for fake marriage, data search A Lebanese immigrant who engaged in marriage fraud to obtain U.S. citizenship and eventually land jobs at the CIA and FBI was fined $750 but given no jail time or probation Tuesday by a federal judge in Detroit...read more Federal marriage-for-citizenship sting nets 83 Fla. arrests A federal sting of four companies accused of arranging fraudulent marriages for U.S. citizenships, complete with wedding photos of brides in gowns and elaborate fake cakes, has netted more than 80 arrests...read more W.Va. couple accused of faking marriage A West Virginia man and a woman from Guyana have been accused of conspiring to evade immigration laws by staging a fake marriage...read more SoCal Woman Who Posted Online Marriage Ad Sentenced A Russian woman who was found guilty of marriage fraud for paying a man to get a green card has been sentenced to four months in prison...read more (The original link to this story is no longer valid, so the link goes to the page as stored on our web host.) Russian Marriage Scam Targets Local Women A Local 12 investigation uncovers an international marriage fraud ring targeting young, local women. They are paid to marry Russian men so they can fraudulently obtain U.S. citizenship...read more (The original link to this story is no longer valid, so the link goes to the page as stored on our web host.) Feds move to deport women arrested in marriage fraud investigation Immigration authorities have begun their push to deport Eastern European women arrested on charges of marrying sailors as a way to stay in the country...read more From Russia, With Love...and No VISA Once in the United States, 16 of 23 terrorists became legal permanent residents, often by marrying an American. There were at least nine sham marriages ...read more (The original link to this story is no longer valid, so the link goes to the page as stored on our web host.) 43 People Charged In Marriage Fraud Operation Forty-three people have been charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud in connection with a marriage fraud operation centered in the Twin Cities ...read more West L.A. man sentenced in 'sham marriage' On Jan. 16, Adams pleaded guilty to one count of marriage fraud and a count of making a false statement -- both felonies ...read more (The original link to this story is no longer valid, so the link goes to the page as stored on our web host.) Man's attempt to illegally gain U.S. citizenship ends in deportation action Although this United States citizen "spouse" filed a visa petition on Mansour's behalf, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service denied the ...read more DISTANT LOVERS: Md. law aims to protect mail-order brides In an effort to prevent domestic violence and close a loophole in federal law, Maryland lawmakers want criminal background checks available on men who pay to meet mail-order or Internet brides through marriage brokers...read more (The original link to this story is no longer valid, so the link goes to the page as stored on our web host.) Emilio Gonzalez, USCIS Director, Resigns Emilio T. Gonzalez, the incompetent head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that spends less than 6 minutes reviewing each request for green cards and citizenship has resigned. ...read more Hate Crimes Linked to Immigration Debate The most prominent of the organizations newly added to the list, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, vehemently rejected the "hate group" label, and questioned the law center's motives. ...read more (The original link to this story is no longer valid, so the link goes to the page as stored on our web host.) Finally It Happens: New York City Lawyer Challenges VAWA in Federal Court Attorney Roy Den Hollander filed on February 14th, a suit in the U.S. Southern District Court of N.Y. attacking sections of the Violence Against Women Act...read more My Wife Became Legal and I Became Illegal Each year the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and similar federal laws funnel $1 billion to help abused and battered women, or so we are led to believe...read more West L.A. Man Pleads Guilty To Marriage Fraud A West Los Angeles man, 30 pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges stemming from his involvement in a sham marriage to a Russian national ...read more U.S. Reconsidering Amnesty for Immigrants with Abusive Spouses In immigration news, the U.S. government is considering doing away with a longstanding policy that allows immigrant wives to remain in the country when an abusive spouse refuses to sponsor their stay ...read more |
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