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In reply to the discussion: Single seniors should marry DACA kids [View all]BainsBane
(53,003 posts)56. Marriages of convenience don't help immigration matters
Marrying an immigrant or foreign national is already difficult. They interrogate you endlessly.
Besides, the DACA youth deserve to live on their own terms, as free Americans.
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Civil disobedience is normally intended as a protest against an unjust law.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#63
Marriages of convenience are illegal if the "convenience" is the evasion of immigration laws.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#66
Great idea, and states that value humanity and decency, blue states, will protect DACA
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#2
The marriages would be valid. They just can't be used to benefit their immigration status.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#110
Why do you keep saying "kids"? As Rachel sometimes says, there is a real squick factor...
Hekate
Sep 2017
#119
People who enter into sham marriages to avoid immigration enforcement
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#7
They might check to see if you have children, and will interview neighbors
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#13
When they saw your big smile and the twinkle in your eye, they would understand what you get.
Shrike47
Sep 2017
#77
I know someone who (legitimatelly) married a citizen and became one without leaving the country
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#62
You clearly have never seen the processes used to vet marriages for immigration
Lee-Lee
Sep 2017
#36
That you can do, but you need to get a decent lawyer to advise & do paper work with birth parent(s)
Sunlei
Sep 2017
#95
The sentiment is good but the consequences are too severe. Don't forget, Trump is the person
stevenleser
Sep 2017
#47
Hard to argue with that. I guess the idea of an intent to defraud/subvert the immigration process
stevenleser
Sep 2017
#98
i logged in to rec you & your idea is EXCELLENT. 'married couples' would NEED legal help!
Sunlei
Sep 2017
#75
I understand & it really sucks because Republicans pile on the horrors on undocumented & 'work visa'
Sunlei
Sep 2017
#83
People who help others enter into sham marriages can end up in jail, too,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#111
I was responding specifically to the suggestion that people entering into these marriages
Ms. Toad
Sep 2017
#121
Yes, I see that. There seems to be some confusion (not yours) on this thread
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#124
"the kids who pay for your social security"?? Like we seniors did NOT pay?? Yeah, don't EVEN.
WinkyDink
Sep 2017
#79
Old men marrying very young women, then they collect surviving spouse Soc Security for 50 years
L. Coyote
Sep 2017
#99
The marriages should be same sex and non Christian to really annoy Trump voters
Not Ruth
Sep 2017
#103
"PC" is the term the right-wingers use to excuse racial slurs and bigoted terminology.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#116
When did I ever give you a hard time? I don't even remember your name.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2017
#125
"illegals" it isn't what we (other than right wingers) have always called them.
Ms. Toad
Sep 2017
#129
Then perhaps you need to find friends who are more respectful of the dignity of all people
Ms. Toad
Sep 2017
#138