YES. I know several. One married her Mexican-born husband while he was on a student visa; another, was about to get married when the fiance’s visa expired... was she supposed to stay illegally or what. I know others who have had to change careers and take much lower paying jobs, so they can commute into the U.S. from Mexico, which will allow the foreign spouse to stay.
The article focused on illegals and deportees, but this is a bigger problem then people realize. Despite what you’ve seen in the movies, marriage (or being engaged to) a U.S. citizen doesn’t give you an automatic right to stay in the country, and the bureaucracy — even for those playing by the rules — is byzantine and moves at a snail’s pace.
Total BS!
It may be today but from first hand experience I know this was not the case just a very few years ago, before the illegal flood became too large to ignore.
Any negative changes to the system in the last 5 years Has been the direct result of the massive abuse of the system by the illegals themselves.
Just saying.
Because the article was about those deported for aggravated felonies. Those convicted of such are not "playing by the rules". The people you give as examples are not committing felonies, are they?