mikeymike68

You are so right! I was an idiot for doing that. I should have been confident in my own research. Point taken. Lesson learned.

S Folinsky

There are many things which are unlawful pursuant to the letter of the law but the "no harm, no foul" principle is followed.

Much of the way in Congressional intent can be ascertained from the removal end of the immigration shop. There used to be a "for gain" requirement there. See Landon v Plascencia. The "for gain" language was what glommed onto for purposes of defense. So Congress repealed the "for gain" language. So smuggling of family members was now on the chopping block [I've defended many of these, so I speak from experience]. This was ridiculous so the law was allowed to not apply to smuggling ones own spouse or children. [If you smuggled parents, tough luck]. Then the case law allowed for the smuggler to marry the smugglee after coming to the US. So the law was amended to apply the exception only to those actually married at the time of the smuggling act.

The criminal end of things has always had a broad reach. But the narrower immigration grounds indicates what is "intended."

There is a little beastie called "prosecutorial discretion" -- the prosecutors do NOT and never have gone after all possible criminals. [Note the lack of strict observance of speed limits on the highways].

However, just because it is not now done, it does not mean that some prosecutor can do it for the first time.

Again, congratulations. Do remember that your husband can apply for naturalization in three years [minus 90 days].

mikeymike68

Than you!

Pulaski

He appears to have confused "what could go wrong" with "what would go wrong".

ian-mstm

Well... what else is there to say?

It's nice that things worked out for you. Others under similar circumstances haven't been so lucky. The long-term members of this forum have seen a lot of shit over the years so our comments are tempered by the experiences we've seen. You've been here for... what - five months? Some of us have been following these forums for over 15 years... we're in it for the long haul. You're just a puff of smoke and then you're gone!

I, for one - as sure as shit - am not going to alter my approach just because you take offense at the comments you received.

Ian

mikeymike68

And you have completely missed my point....you completely missed the lesson I learned here....which is to take with a grain of salt advice from people such as yourself...unless you are educated, credentialed and experienced in immigration law.

Noorah101

The OP has made his point in two threads now.

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