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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So any registered sex offender, or other criminal, can have a kid and qualify for cheap foreign labor? After they get here and find out the real deal, they'll likely get sent back home if they try to report the abuse?[/quote]

I know you are a troll with your "cheap foreign labor" comment, but I agree that it is disturbing that actual criminal background checks are not done (again, unless they are not telling us about them).  Like the PP said, they do call your references, but of course you can choose references who would lie for you, same as the APs can.

However, if there is abuse that an AP reports, she would most certainly not get sent home.  She would be removed from the home immediately, housed by the local area coordinator, and would be given opportunities for rematch.  I daresay that in a situation like that, the AP would be given longer than the standard two week rematch period to find a new family.  APs are routinely given more than two weeks if their area coordinator feels that they are a good AP, wrongly treated, or otherwise deserve a better chance at staying in the country.[/quote]

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