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When Marriage Is Not Enough Facing Deportation Because of Your Spouse
By Heather L. Poole
Under U.S. immigration law, immigrants may obtain a green card ("U.S. permanent residence") by marrying a U.S. citizen. The U.S. citizen must, however under the normal course, petition U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS, formerly known as "INS") for an immigrant visa and a green card application for his/her immigrant spouse based on the marriage.
This process once completed leads to the immigrant's attainment of U.S. permanent residency - i.e., permission to work and live in the U.S. on a permanent basis. But this process is not always beneficial to the immigrant - in many instances, it provides one of the most abusive ways a sponsoring spouse can...
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