US Immigration Crackdown Targets Marriage Fraud Network
By TaiwanPlus
US prosecutors have indicted 11 people in what the justice department described as one of the largest marriage fraud schemes in the nation’s history. The decades-long operation arranged nearly 1,000 fraudulent marriages to help people obtain legal status in the United States, mostly targeting Chinese nationals. Six facilitators in the US helped arrange marriages and citizenship paperwork, while US citizens were paid up to US$30,000 to participate. The indictments come after the US announced a new Birth Tourism Task Force aimed at stopping people from traveling to the country purely to obtain birthright citizenship for their children.
International Marriage Fraud Scheme
REPORTER:
In the US, prosecutors have indicted 11 people over one of the largest marriage fraud schemes in the country’s history.
The US justice department says the decades-long scheme arranged nearly 1,000 fake marriages for legal status. The program mostly targeted nationals, with six facilitators arranging marriages and citizenship paperwork. US citizens were paid up to 30,000 US dollars to participate. This comes after the US announced a new Birth Tourism Task Force, which aims to stop people from traveling to the US just to get birthright citizenship for their children.
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US Marriage Fraud Scheme
REPORTER:
The United States indicted 11 people for participating in one of the largest marriage fraud schemes in United States’ history.
The Justice Department detailed the decades-long scheme of arranging nearly 1,000 fraud marriages for legal status. The program targeted mostly nationals, with six facilitators in the US helping to arrange marriages, then submit paperwork for the newlyweds to become permanent citizens. US citizens were paid up to $30,000 US dollars to participate.
This comes after the US announced a new Birth Tourism Task Force, aimed at ending the practice of people misrepresenting travel in the USA to obtain birthright citizenship for their children.
