Overview
Understanding 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Malgorzata Zuber
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.417kg
ISBN: 9781793626370
ISBN 10: 1793626375
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 15 March 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Meg Zuber's book is a major contribution to this neglected conversation. She has skillfully managed to get several dozen players in this dirty field to talk about the reasons for, and the maneuvers within, this highly specialized sort of crime; this includes the citizens who marry for money, the aliens who pay the money and get legal status, and the most prized gets of all, three of the illicit marriage brokers who package these deals for profit.--David North
This is an important work. Zuber has provided a unique opportunity to learn about Green Card marriage fraud by focusing on three of the essential stakeholders in the illegal transaction: immigrants, U.S. citizen spouses, and their marriage fraud brokers. Today's highly charged debates over immigration policy as well as concerns about possible additional contagions emanating from overseas makes the subject matter of this book extremely relevant and timely.--Martin Greenberg, New York State Association of Auxiliary Police, Inc. Zuber's book is a major contribution to this neglected conversation. She has skillfully managed to get several dozen players in this dirty field to talk about the reasons for, and the maneuvers within, this highly specialized sort of crime; this includes the citizens who marry for money, the aliens who pay the money and get legal status, and the most prized gets of all, three of the illicit marriage brokers who package these deals for profit.--David North, Senior Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies
Author Information
Malgorzata Zuber is assistant professor at Alvernia University.
