[Sweet9]

I read this from Nations newspaper and I found it truly hilarious. How far are we willing to go with this makaratasi business? Lmaoooo


US probes Kenyan marriages
Some applicants seemed uncertain of the names of their intended spouses



By KEVIN KELLEY

US officials are investigating 50 Kenyans who applied to marry US citizens in the state of Iowa for possible immigration fraud.

The immigration agents became suspicious when they noticed a sharp upsurge last year in the number of Kenyans seeking to marry the Americans in the overwhelmingly white state.

Some of the 30 Kenyans who sought marriage certificates within a two-month period seemed uncertain of the name of their intended spouse, said a worker in the recorder's office.

Several Kenyans also allegedly brought along the same person to witness the marriage application, and many listed the same address on their marriage certificates.

Marriage to an American entitles a foreigner to become a permanent US resident and to qualify for a green card, the document that certifies a non-citizen's eligibility for employment in the country.

Immigration officials try to guard against marriages arranged solely to enable foreigners to normalise their status in the US. In such circumstances, US citizens may agree to a wedding ceremony in return for payment or out of sympathy for an immigrant. Some may be duped into believing that a marriage proposal is based on genuine love rather than convenience.

Both parties in a sham union can be prosecuted under US felony law, with non-citizens subject to deportation.

Official scrutiny of Americans' applications to marry foreigners has intensified in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist strikes.

The US Immigration and Naturalisation Service does not comment on the status of its investigations. But Washington-based National Public Radio on Tuesday quoted an INS official in Iowa as suggesting that some of the suspect Kenyans may have overstayed their visas and were seeking a way to remain in the country.

Iowa, a mainly rural state in the US heartland, is not known to attract large numbers of immigrants from Kenya or other sub-Saharan nations.

However, it hosts a couple of large universities as well as one sizable city, and officials say that a few hundred Africans may have taken up residence in the state.


Keeping it real ma peoples, keeping it real!

[Rani]

I guess the replies you get tell you what people think about your posts, huh? Need I say more?

[y5next]

>Need I say more?

No, no, no! You've said enough already! You really told her! She's probably crying her heart out after being so chastised, maybe even on a suicide watch! Shame on you for creating such stress in her life. Now slink back to whatever cave you crawled out of, winter is not over yet, and you need to get back to hibernation.


Fi-Fo-Fum!


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