VOICE OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION FRAUD VICTIMS Fighting For Truth & Justice |
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Books Available "Lightning Out of Lebanon" by Tom Diaz and Barbara Newman -> documents how terrorists in a cell in Charlotte, North Carolina, used marriage as a means to achieve citizenship and further their efforts to fund the terrorist organization Hezbollah. "Behind the Black Robes: Failed Justice" by Barbara C. Johnson -> about the need for court reform; chapter 12 focuses on immigration fraud: the new internal terrorism |
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Section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the INA, enacted in September 1994, provides for abused spouses to petition for permanent resident alien status on their own behalf (and for their children), supplementing the regular procedures which rely on the abuser to petition for them.
From 2002 through the beginning of 2010, approximately 63,911 VAWA based I-360 self-petitions were filed with the Vermont Service Center in Vermont. Of those, 46,237 were approved, or approximately 72%. 12,280 were denied, or approximately 19%. The remaining 9% are pending. * Source 1 also lists FY 1997 numbers as nearly 2500 self-petitions. This is a big contradiction, but based on other articles we have read, we believe 178 is more accurate. **FY 2010 began November 2009. Statistics go through December 2009. Source 1: AILA InfoNet Source 2: NY Times Source 3: National Immigration Project Over the last decade, marriage to American citizens, which entitles foreign spouses to "immediate" preference status for an immigrant visa, has been by far the most common path to American residency. Since 1998, more than 2.3 million foreign nationals have obtained green cards through marriage to American citizens. Nearly a million more have obtained green cards through marriage to LPRs.(See Tables 1 and 2.) 
Over one third of all green cards issued in 2007 were to spouses of American citizens or LPRs. (See Figure 1.) 
$341,520,421 - 2006 VAWA Grant Money ...see the breakdown DHS Immigration Statistics |
VAWA-Funded Immigration Fraud Costs American Taxpayers $170 Million a Year This is a special report conducted by SAVE, and the title says it all! Immigration Marriage Fraud and VAWA Fraud 101 by John Sampson - CSI Consulting and Investigations Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name: Inside the Green Card Marriage Phenomenon The Center For Immigration Studies examines green card marriages. Download the PDF file here. It's Hard Work Spending All That Money! This is another special report conducted by RADAR, focusing on wasteful spending related to VAWA. 50 myths of domestic violence revealed #25) False allegations of domestic violence are almost nonexistent. >> One study found 71% of civil restraining orders were unnecessary or false. Another analysis found over half of restraining orders did not involve even an allegation of violence. #26) If we were to prosecute persons who commit perjury, true victims would be less likely to come forward. >> False allegations weaken the credibility of true victims, making it less likely they will file a complaint. False allegations also undermine public support for the national effort to stop domestic violence. #27) Even if they are not true, allegations of domestic violence help assure the domestic violence issue remains in the public eye. >> False allegations divert needed services and resources away from true victims of violence. This claim reveals an easy disregard for the rights of the falsely accused. Bar Association Spreads False Information on Partner Abuse, Report Says Every day lawyers turn to the American Bar Association for information to help them represent their clients. But when it comes to facts about partner violence, that information is likely to be misleading, false, or even harmful to children, according to a report released today by RADAR, a victim advocacy group. Adjustment of status for VAWA self-petitioner who is present without inspection This is a USCIS memo dated April 11, 2008. What is this memo's purpose? It seems to be giving an illegal immigrant the right to bypass the immigration laws of the U.S. by claiming he/she is a victim of spousal abuse. Once this claim is made, then the illegal immigrant does not have to prove that entry into the U.S. was lawful. Congressional Guidelines for Abusing Women Since the adaptation of welfare reform and the passage the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the social policies and civil liberties of the United States have collapsed with regard to family law, causing our legislatures and courts to become the shills of radical ideologues. At times it seems that law enforcement officers have been reduced to acting as little more than the personal hit men for vindictive intimate partners. DHS Q&A Sessions - VAWA Questions From November 9th and 11th, 2005 in Irvine, California; panelist questions for the Vermont Service Center regarding VAWA cases 2006 GAO Report: Immigration Benefits Similarly, another USCIS attorney told us that the provision of INA(Immigration and Nationality Act) that pertains to marriage fraud is rarely used because, due to the significant commitment of resources necessary to establish a finding of fraud, enforcing it might not be cost-effective...(page 37) Note from Immigrationfraudvictims: American citizens and Legal Permanent Residents are put at great risk of false abuse allegations because it is not "cost effective" for the U.S. government to have the safeguard of a thorough investigation when there is potential marriage fraud. In fact, it is NOT permitted by law. Also, the statement alone from the foreign national spouse attesting to abuse has enough merit to grant the petition for the Green Card. Where as the statement from the U.S. citizen spouse in defense of the allegations and evidences for such have no merit to the USCIS and are ignored. 2006 GAO Report: Additional Efforts Needed to Help Ensure Alien Files Are Located when Needed While deemed critical, especially in making citizenship decisions, A-files are sometimes missing during adjudications. In 2002, naturalization was granted to an alien whose A-file was missing and who was later found to be associated with a terrorist organization. The Danger Marriage Fraud Poses to the National Security of the United States I am Special Agent Tom Depenbrock of the San Francisco Field Office of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security with the U.S. Department of State. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security has worked closely with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle for more than 19 months on Operation Pit Boss, an investigation of marriage fraud ring.I am here today to deliver a clear message. Marriage and visa fraud potentially threaten the national security of the United States. Strengthening Interior Enforcement: Deportation and Related Issues Without strict and fair enforcement of our immigration statues, our country will remain vulnerable to the threats that arise from individuals who willingly exploit gaps in our immigration system. 2002 GAO Report: Immigration Benefit Fraud Benefit application fraud involves the willful misrepresentation of a material fact to gain an immigration benefit in the absence of lawful entitlement. Benefit application fraud includes immigration benefit fraud schemes such as marriage fraud, in which an ineligible alien makes a false claim to a bona fide marriage with an eligible petitioner in order to obtain immigration benefits..(page 6) In fiscal year 2000, INS's district investigative units opened approximately 4,000 cases involving fraud, almost half of which involved marriage fraud...(page 9) A Los Angeles District Office fraud unit investigative official told us that it receives approximately 200 leads per month, but because of resource limitations, very few of the leads are investigated. Chicago officials informed us that they had a backlog of approximately 300 marriage fraud cases. They used their own discretion in deciding which immigration benefit fraud leads to investigate...(page 19) Also, some officials believe that adjudication officers are discouraged from taking the time to discuss questionable cases with investigators. For example, an official in the Vermont Service Center told us that adjudication supervisors have complained that the operations unit slows the application process by taking adjudication officers' time away from reviewing applications. The official added that as a result of a production concern that the unit would not make its numeric goals, some adjudication officers have had to sneak over to the operations unit to discuss fraud related issues...(page 30) Revocation of VAWA-Based Self-Petitions Letter from the USCIS to district offices advising them that the Vermont Service Center is in charge of all VAWA based self-petitions and it is the VSC decision alone whether or not a VAWA based self-petition is revoked. VAWA Speech of Rep. John Conyers This is a must read! The pertinent areas of the speech that relate to our cause have been highlighted. As you read this, you will see the following: that the US citizen's evidence is forbidden from being used by the USCIS; that the US citizen spouse, called the "abuser", is considered a "prohibited source"; that the new reenactment of VAWA in 2005 prohibits the Federal government from having contact with its own citizens to gather or receive evidence. We have to wonder if in the past too many US citizens had submitted evidence to their own government that made the granting of these petitions troublesome for the VAWA staff in Saint Albans Vermont? If not, then why close this window if a just and balanced decision is the goal? Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 One of the quickest ways to adjust one�s status in the United States is through a lawful marriage to a U.S. citizen. As a result, the Immigration Service saw many sham or business marriages. To protect the agency and the country from fraudulent applications and marriages, Congress passed Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986. THE IMMIGRATION MARRIAGE FRAUD AMENDMENTS: SHAM MARRIAGES OR SHAM LEGISLATION? 1985 Congressional Hearings on Fraudulent Marriages and Immigration |
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There is a proven method to almost guarantee that a self petition as an abused spouse of a US citizen will be granted. American men and women are registered in Federal files as "abusers", "resident abusers",etc. The one sided system of immigration justice in favor of the accusers/foreign born spouses has to stop and our names should be purged from this abuser data base. This is one of the goals Voice of American Immigration Fraud Victims is fighting for! "One would be hard pressed to design a procedure more likely to result in erroneous deprivations. Secrecy is not congenial to truth seeking. No better instrument has been devised for arriving at the truth than to give a person in jeopardy of serious loss notice of the case against him and the opportunity to meet it." Are these the words of an advocate for an American Citizen spouse that is trying to fight for the right to defend himself to the US government against false allegations of abuse by his foreign national spouse? NO! These words were spoken by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter in Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath (1951). These words are also used by the American Civil Liberties Union in their Sign-on Letter to the House on the Secret Evidence Repeal Act in May of 2000. This letter was sent in response to the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) and the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA). They question whether or not these immigration laws infringe upon due process rights of immigrants. Specifically, they challenged the creation of a "Star Chamber" court in which the government seeks to deport aliens based on secret evidence submitted in the form of classified information. This letter also quotes the following ruling: On October 20, 1999, a federal district court in New Jersey joined the 9th Circuit and the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. in ruling that the use of secret evidence violates a non-citizen's due process rights: "The government's reliance on secret evidence violates the due process protections that the Constitution directs must be extended to all person within the United States, citizens and resident aliens alike. The INS procedures patently failed the ... test of constitutional sufficiency." Kiareldeen v. Reno. H.R. 1266, The Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 2001 was introduced in March of 2001, yet it never became law. We believe that if the fundamental individual freedoms and due process rights of immigrants are a concern of the US government, then so should the freedoms and rights of a US citizen that is falsely accused of abuse. Fix VAWA Now! campaign. Why This Campaign? What We Need To Fix Campaign Materials: * Flyer * Poster Become a VAWA Reform Captain! Contact Your Elected Officials: * House of Representatives * Senate Information about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Correct The "Violence Against Women Act" Massachusetts GOP candidate Bob Parks has just published an article titled "Correct the Violence Against Women Act." Mr. Parks is the first of many politicians, Democrat and Republican, who we expect will take public positions in support of VAWA reform. We invite you to visit Bob's website and read his article. And we encourage you to share his article with your local politicians. VAWA Reform Coalition Letter to Senators Biden, Specter, and Hatch This is a letter sent in order to urge reform on the 2010 renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, which is currently being drafted. Read the letter. Women Ask: "Has VAWA Lived Up to its Promises?" The Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994 to protect persons from partner abuse. But many are now wondering whether VAWA has delivered on its promises. There are 10 areas of concern...read more Federation for American Immigration Reform Restoring Common Sense to America's Immigration System Petition to Repeal the International Marriage Broker's Act(IMBRA) Romney on Bogus Restraining Orders |
My Wife Became Legal and I Became Illegal Each year the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and similar federal laws funnel $1 billion to help abused and battered women, or so we are led to believe...read more DHS Hid Data From Probers Department of Homeland Security administrators, fearing additional scrutiny, concealed from federal investigators information-sharing breakdowns that left the U.S. vulnerable to terrorists ...read more Citizenship Agency Lost 111,000 Files U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has lost track of 111,000 files in 14 of the agency's busiest district offices and processed as many as 30,000 citizenship applications last year without the necessary files ...read more Homeland Security Whistleblower Removed For Exposing Terrorist Threats After warning American citizens via her website about bribery of U.S. immigration officials by illegal Muslims using sham marriages to secure green cards and citizenship...Homeland Security whistleblower Mary Schneider was removed last Thursday from her duties as an adjudications officer ...read more Letterman Case Shows Problems with Restraining Orders A Santa Fe, New Mexico judge recently granted a temporary restraining order against TV talk show host David Letterman for a woman who alleges that Letterman, who works in New York City and whom she has never met...read more |
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