USCIS Takes Tiny Steps Against Exploitative Child Marriages
By David North on February 19, 2019
The government has just whispered that it may have some worries about underage U.S. citizens in visa-creating marriages with older aliens, with most of the latter living overseas.
The problem, as USCIS does not explain, is that some immigrant families in the States force young, U.S.-born minors (usually female) to marry older aliens from, for example, the family's village overseas, giving that alien a green card and denying the young woman the right to fall in love and marry someone of her own choosing.
It is the ultimate denial of a citizen's rights, and it is designed to provide benefits to older, male non-citizens, typically people who have never lived here. To speak about the situation in these terms is to break the veil of silence regarding these old world customs, and the agency seems hesitant to say anything that might invite criticism from the "community", from the "community's" immigration lawyers, or from open-borders advocates generally. Most of these marriages are among Muslims, a fact not noted by the government.
https://cis.org/North/USCIS-Takes-Tiny-Steps-Against-Exploitative-Child-Marriages
