My best friend is considering a fake marriage to a friend of hers who just got deported to Columbia, does anybody know the legal ramifications if she were to get caught. While this guy was here he took advantage of her, financially and emotionally, but she for some reason can't see the scum that he is, I think that she is making the biggest mistake of her life. I am considering telling immigration or her parents to prevent this from happening before she goes to Columbia even thought I am sure this will most likely end our friendship. Please any advice you guys have is much needed, she is planning to start doing the paperwork tomorrow. Oh we both live in Canada so any canadian legal advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks all in advance.
2006-09-26 19:40:15 · 14 answers · asked by darrin2121 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Thank for the anwsers guys, I think a few of you have it mixed up, I am friends with the girl, the guy is the one deported to Columbia. I am not trying to be a snitch either, I am just trying to protect somebody who I care greatly about, she's like a sister to me.
2006-09-26 20:24:06 · update #1
Hey, I feel your pain here, only I think I feel it much more even than you do! My situation is regarding my daughter. She is in love with a man from Honduras who came here to Canada after being illegally in the US for many years; apparently he came here just prior to being deported (again) from the US. He ran through the border to Canada illegally. My daughter met him and fell in love with him and they were together for about a year until he was caught by Immigration and deported last December. Bigger problem, yet, is that he was also selling drugs here and that's how he got caught, so he has a criminal record here, as well. I wouldn't be surprised if he was selling drugs when he lived in the US, as well. My daughter does not do drugs and she doesn't condone anyone using them, but she seems to excuse his having sold drugs as that he had no choice, being from the 3rd world country of Honduras, so she makes excuses for him and claims that he is still a fine person. No one can seem to get through to her that this person is scum and will only ruin her life because there is no chance that he can ever come here legally now. When he was deported, he vowed that he would be back here before long. She went to visit him in Honduras in March and came back still madly in love with this creep. However, she hadn't heard from him for two months now and I was holding out hope that he would never call or return again. Unfortunately, he called her today, but she missed the call and just saw the number on the call display showing California, so it's pretty well certain it was him since we know no one else in California and he had told her it would be California he would go to first before heading back this way. If this guy manages to get back here to Canada, he cannot work legally, as work for illegals isn't as plentiful here as it is in the USA. Therefore, he will either end up sponging off my daughter or will return to dealing drugs, or both. I am just heartsick and beside myself with worry. I had been so hoping that he would have been caught in Mexico or at least by the Border Patrol in the US as, having been previously deported from both those countries, I figured he would possibly have to do some lengthy jail time if caught now. Now, she expects him to call again tomorrow with plans for coming here. I feel as if I will want to report him to Immigration if he gets here, but if I did and my daughter found out, she would hate me for it. She has said that if he cannot return here, she will move to the US or even to Honduras in order to be with him. I just know this guy is going to completely ruin my daughter's life and I can't think how to wake her up before it happens. If you think it is painful seeing a good friend in this situation, think how you would feel if it was your own child! My daughter is an adult, but it still kills me to see her in this situation and not be able to make her let him go. Even her best friend is trying to help her come to her senses about this this guy, but she won't listen to reason. Now, I am just hoping and praying that somehow he will still get caught in the US or while crossing the border into Canada again, but I don't hold out much hope. Our countries seem to be paying a lot of "lip service" to stopping illegal immigration, at the same time that they allow it to continue.
Darrin: I just now tried to respond to your e-mail but it said it wouldn't go through. I would like to talk to you more about this situation. Can you please respond to me again? Thank you.
2006-09-26 21:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many woman of different races has got into this kind of scum. It is the poor woman who always have taken advantage of this kind of man. The woman feel trap that they can not do anything about their situation, so , they always just let it go in fear of being deported.
By the way, in whose side where you in ? the Columbian girl or your guy friend? If it is neither, you are not doing them any good, even to yourself. Besides, you said she just got deported to Columbia. If the paperwork is real (Marriage certificate), and both will not admit that it is a fake, there is nothing anyone can do. You will just become a nuisance to them. The only proof that you have is your words. So, just leave them alone.
If you report them, you will just regret it and you will just hurt them emotionally.
2006-09-26 20:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by anobangtanong 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
once deported i see no way of getting any legal visa for some years to come pS you should have along talk with her family maybe they will do the gracious thing for you there is nothing illegal in her going there perhaps the fear that he will turn her into a prostitute for his benefit look at his track record . good luck
2006-09-26 19:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by aldo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in the law, file the report. However, that may not stop her from being involved with this man if she is really so desperate.
My best advice to you is to divorce her as a friend--don't let her problems become your problems. Responsible friends don't recklessly create problems in their lives that make their friends and family miserable as well. There are much more deserving people out there for you to care for, trust me!
2006-09-26 19:48:58 · answer #4 · answered by يا حسين 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if she is like a sister to you don't snitch she will go to jail too.however if she finds out you did call you will loose a great friend and that scum gets just what he wants her away from anyone who mentions opening her eyes stick by your friend she will need your comfort when he breaks her heart I know your worried about her going to jail and getting hurt but she sounds like she has her mind made up ,good luck to both of you.
2006-09-27 00:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by nicole l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a firm believer that people should only marry for love. That is the only reason. I think it would be a good idea to talk to her parents. Also, take note that your friend does "love" this guy. He sounds like a scrub, but she does love him.
2006-09-27 04:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marrying for citizenship is its own punnishment!
But seriously, if he is the scumbag you say he is then he'll be gone as soon as he has got his papers. He'll be out of your friends life.
But, if you report her and she does it anyway, she could get into serious, serious trouble and it will be your doing.
So, don't report her, but tell her what you think. Let her make her own mistakes and just be there to help her afterwards.
2006-09-26 20:29:23 · answer #7 · answered by karlrogers2001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she marries him with the intent of enabling him to violate the immigration law, she may very well become subject to prosecution and incur a fine for aiding and abetting.
2006-09-26 22:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by scubalady01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imprisonment or deportation are the penalties in case your best friend is caught.
2006-09-26 20:43:53 · answer #9 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know, it wont change anything, you can be married and still not be given citizenship... at least i think i read that somewhere recently, that they study cases regardless of your marital status. and if she's already been deported, its highly unlikely that marriage will change anything.
dunno how certain this info is, but i think i am right...
2006-09-26 19:49:09 · answer #10 · answered by goth_mtl_girl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋