I’m a legal immigrant from Europe and I can tell you the immigration process is not something everyone has a chance at. I always loved America and wanted to live here but soon realized my options for doing so were extremely limited. One way I found was to save up a ton of money and try and get an investor visa and attempt to start a business in the US. A guy from my elementary school did this but sadly I did not have 100K on my hands so that option was out the door. The other option was going for the H-1B visa but unfortunately I didn’t consider my self more skilled than the average American worker - at least not anything I could prove on paper. Then there was the asylum program - but obviously I didn’t qualify for that either. My last and only option came on it’s own when I met my future husband during my stay in the US and we got married. Bottom line is, unless a US company wants you badly enough they are willing to go through the visa process with you or if you yourself have money enough to invest in the US then you ain’t going unless you get married. Now my marriage is legit but the system is overly abused because this seems to be the only pathway for “legal” entry. It also turns the purpose of marriage as intended by God into mockery when many of these people just get a divorce after getting their papers. I had a friend from Sweden who wanted her citizenship so bad she paid a guy to marry her. (Only for her to get her citizenship, a divorce and then go back to Sweden where she has lived ever since lol. - Oh an the dude she married took out several credit card loans in her name so she paid for it twice and now can’t return without facing debt) The entire immigration system needs an overhaul to prevent these types of immigration fraud. People from around the world who wants to immigrate because they love our country and wants to contribute to making it a better place needs to have other legal ways of immigrating here than marriage since lying about it essentially makes them as illegal as the ones who cross the border without a passport.

I’m a legal immigrant from Europe and I can tell you the immigration process is not something everyone has a chance at. I always loved America and wanted to live here but soon realized my options for doing so were extremely limited. One way I found was to save up a ton of money and try and get an investor visa and attempt to start a business US. A guy from my elementary school did this but sadly I did not have 100K on my hands so that option was out the door. The other option was going for the H-1B visa but unfortunately I didn’t consider my self more skilled than the average American worker - at least not anything I could prove on paper. Then there was the asylum program - but obviously I didn’t qualify for that either. My last and only option came on it’s own when I met my future husband during my stay in the US and we enter up getting married. Bottom line is, unless a US company wants you badly enough they are willing to go through the visa process with you or if you yourself have money enough to invest in the US then you ain’t going unless you get married. Now my marriage is legit but the system is overly abused because this seems to be the only pathway for “legal” entry. It also turns the purpose of marriage as intended by God into mockery when people just getting a divorce after getting their papers. I had a friend from Sweden who wanted her citizenship so bad she paid a guy to marry her. (Only for her to get her citizenship, a divorce and then go back to Sweden where she has lived ever since lol. Oh an the dude she married took out several credit card loans in her name so she paid for it twice) The entire immigration system needs an overhaul to prevent these types of fraud and people from around the world who wants to immigrate because they love our country needs to have other legal ways of immigrating here than marriage since lying about it essentially makes them as illegal as the ones who cross the border without a passport.

I’m a legal immigrant from Europe and I can tell you the immigration process is not something everyone has a chance at. I always loved America and wanted to live here but soon realized my options for doing so were extremely limited. One way I found was to save up a ton of money and try and get an investor visa and attempt to start a business. Sadly I did not have 100K so that option was out the door. The other option was going for the H-1B visa but unfortunately I didn’t consider my self more skilled than the average American worker - at least not anything I could prove on paper. Then there was the asylum program - but I didn’t qualify for that either. My last and only option came on it’s own when I met my future husband during my stay in the US and we enter up getting married. Bottom line is, unless a US company wants you badly enough they are willing to go through the visa process with you or if you yourself have money enough to invest in the US then you ain’t going unless you get married. Now my marriage is legit but the system is overly abused because this seems to be the only pathway for “legal” entry. I had a friend from Sweden who wanted her citizenship so bad she paid a guy to marry her. (Only for her to get her citizenship and then go back to Sweden where she has lived ever since lol. Oh an the dude she married took out several credit card loans in her name so she paid for it twice)