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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this going to be one of those anti-immigrant threads again?

Because I'm a foreigner who has lived here for 20 years, legally and paying all state and federal taxes, and I don't know a single person who has done this. I haven't even HEARD of a single person who has done this.

So if posters respond saying "yes, it happens in some communities more than others", OK, I can believe that, but I refuse to believe it's happening en masse!

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I am also a naturalized immigrant and don't know a single person who did this either. I completely agree with you. [/quote]

Perhaps both of you move in circles where you had other options. Maybe you came over on an H1-B visa and adjusted your status? No one is saying this happens en masse, but that doesn't mean it's rare. This isn't the type of thing that gets talked about openly so unless you were really close with someone, would you actually even know?   [/quote]

The title of this thread is literally "is green card marriage fraud common?"

I can tell you with absolute certainty that any immigrant hanging out with other immigrants would be more privy to this information than Americans. Immigrants feel safer sharing with other people in similar situations. It's not rocket science. So the fact that neither one of us knows of other examples should tell you something.

I already said upthread that of course, it happens. It's a huge country and fraud happens in every possible facet of the government. It is not wide spread and people do get caught trying to game the system.

The immigrant hate even on this liberal site is unbelievable to me, however. We are not the boogie man you should be chasing. [/quote]

NP. Please stop with this anti-immigrant victim nonsense. Liberals on this site absolutely love immigrants and almost always give them a free pass here.

I've met three people who committed marriage fraud or were propositioned. Does this mean that it's pervasive? No, but I doubt there is any data on fraudulent marriages because you don't know what you don't know.

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IS that why we are seeing thread after thread of "is it going to be easier for my kid to get into college now that that are going be fewer immigrants?" and "is green card marriage fraud common?" or any other thread in the last couple of months regarding immigrants.

It's daily!!! So perhaps it's not the liberals on this site that are starting the threads, but it's not stopping some of the liberals at least from being giddy about some of the stuff that is happening or "just asking questions."  You are being disengenbous if you deny that it has intensified. [/quote]

I went to grad school in the US on an F1 student visa. International students make up what, 5%, at most of the entire college student population in America. And they're more common in grad school than in undergrad, for the very pertinent reason that most undergrads in other countries are much more affordable than here; whereas US grad schools are better funded than others, so if people want to go into research, they like to come here to do it. It's a brain drain that works in America's favor, because most Americans who have paid a mint for college don't really want to go into publicly-funded research, vs med school or biotech, etc.

So.

Even if you oust ALL the international undergrads, your kid doesn't have a much better chance of getting in.

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PP you're responding. I know that and there have already been a couple of threads on this which i do not wish to revisit. I was commenting on the fact that a year ago no one would have started them, but now...[/quote]

Yes, I understand! I wasn't attacking you, but just trying to spread some common sense facts about college admissions. We need to combat these xenophobes every time they turn up. Whack-a-mole job.

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Agreed. [/quote]

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