Justice Department charges 11 in sham marriage scheme for Chinese nationals
Defendants allegedly paired foreign nationals with U.S. citizens who met just before applying for marriage licenses. The group staged wedding ceremonies and photographs to make the unions appear legitimate to immigration authorities. This indictment targets a scheme that reportedly facilitated over 1,000 sham marriages for Chinese nationals. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the arrests demonstrate a commitment to rooting out fraud in the immigration system. Blanche called the scheme a deliberate affront to U.S. laws that the Trump administration will not tolerate.
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U.S. charges 11 for alleged sham marriage scheme to help Chinese nationals gain green cards
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