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January 15, 2019

AP: U.S. Gov't Approved Thousands of Immigration Requests for "Child Brides"
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A new report from the Associated Press found that the U.S. government
approved thousands of requests to bring underage brides into the United
States over the past decade, a practice that results in numerous forced
and abusive marriages. There is no minimum age requirement when making a
spousal or fiancée immigration claim, as U.S. immigration services
consider whether a marriage is legal in the spouse or fiancée's home
country. The marriage must also be legal in the state where the
petitioner lives, and all U.S. states have either laws or exceptions
allowing for a minor to be married. So you had men in their forties
requesting and getting approval for 15-year-old child brides to come to
the United States to marry them.


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