Description
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Green Card Marriage Fraud explores personal accounts of participation in Green Card marriage fraud (GCMF), also known as ‘cash-for-vows’, by legal and illegal immigrants, U.S. citizens, and marriage fraud brokers. This book reveals the various roles played by the marriage fraud brokers and others who aid, abet, or otherwise act as accessories to GCMF. Additional details provide the reasons why people commit GCMF and the methods they use in order to deceive immigration officials. Today, Green Card marriage fraud has acquired new importance due to world upheavals and the plight of refugees. The division in American public opinion has become political football and has led to various changes in immigration policy, often depending on the occupant of the White House. The study of Green Card marriage fraud can serve as a microcosm of the federal government’s involvement in crime control. The author puts Green Card marriage fraud in the context of current immigration policies, suggesting necessary policy reforms since current rules and procedures are ineffective in detecting such fraudulent marriages. In unraveling the mystique surrounding GCMF, the methods of crime control and migration control converge revealing the ‘crimmigration phenomenon’ with GCMF falling in the middle of this nexus.
Table of ContentsPart I The Crimmigration NexusChapter 1 American Immigration Policy
Chapter 2 Macro and Micro Views on the Intersection of Immigration and Crime
Chapter 3 Enforcement Aspects of Green Card Marriage Fraud
Chapter 4 Criminological Aspects of Immigration
Part II A Case Study of Immigration Fraud: Cash for Vows
Chapter 5 The Research Design
Chapter 6 Defining Key Terms and Protection of Subjects
Part III Inside the Green Card Marriage Fraud Phenomenon
Chapter 7 Demographics and Other Parameters
Chapter 8 Fraudulent Transactions and Documentation
Chapter 9 Explanations
Chapter 10 Conclusions and Recommendations
