Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche, in announcing the arrests and the unsealing of the indictment, described it as “one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in United States’ history.”
Blanche added that the facilitators allegedly employed attorneys, tax preparers, and even marriage officiants.
The indictment also stated that while the facilitators and the recruiters mainly operated in New York, they also orchestrated fraudulent marriages in other states, including Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Prosecutors also alleged that the facilitators oversaw marriages overseas, such as in China and Vanuatu.
Blanche said the unsealed indictment shows "how far people will go to cheat our immigration system,” and added that they will go after those who do “no matter how complicated the scam.”
The indictment follows President Donald Trump’s executive orders that attempt to limit birthright citizenship, including one that restricted “birth tourism”—or the practice of pregnant women giving birth in the U.S. solely for their child to obtain citizenship. Blanche, in the Wednesday announcement, said he has ordered authorities to prioritize investigations and prosecutions of those involved in“birth tourism” schemes. The State Department said on Wednesday it opened a task force to identify “birth tourism” practices and “take action to revoke visas of those who engage in or facilitate it.” According to the State Department, the task force has already revoked more than 600 visas of foreign nationals.
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