General Marine's Wife in Immigration Limbo

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MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 17) — Hotaru Ferschke just wants to raise her 8-month-old son in his grandparents' Tennessee home, surrounded by photos and memories of the father he'll never meet: a Marine who died in combat a month after marrying her from thousands of miles away.
Sgt. Michael Ferschke was killed in Iraq in 2008, leaving his widow and infant son, both Japanese citizens, in immigration limbo: A 1950s legal standard meant to curb marriage fraud means U.S. authorities do not recognize the marriage, even though the military does.

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What do you think should happen? I think they should give her US Residency. They got married. Legally. So... your thoughts?
 
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(this isnt a debate forum xD)

Anyway.. this shouldnt even be a discussion, her husband died, FROM SERVING OUR COUNTRY. If congress, or whoever has to handle this, has to think about it, the american government is more jacked up the i thought
 
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They got legally married, then I feel she should legally be allowed into the US...

If they felt she shouldn't be in the US, then they shouldn't have let them get married. End of story...
 
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FROM SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
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Don't make me laugh, the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are there on orders from private corporations. If you honestly believe that those wars have improved your country's defense in any way, you're awfully wrong.
 
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T.s.e said:
Don't make me laugh, the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are there on orders from private corporations. If you honestly believe that those wars have improved your country's defense in any way, you're awfully wrong.
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Your also wrong. The troops are there for 1 reason, to clean up afgan and iraq.

They started out from accusations from bush about Weapons of Mass Destruction, but then once they found shit and thought that was a load of bull, they realized how F***ed up afgan and iraq is and cannot leave it as is.

I talk from experience and close friends!
 
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God darn it, why don't they just shoot her and the kid and spare them the suffering:nuts:

I hate when authorities get's in the way of marriages. If they have been married by the army, then I think it should count much more than it would if they where married by a priest:rolleyes:
 
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T.s.e said:
Don't make me laugh, the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are there on orders from private corporations. If you honestly believe that those wars have improved your country's defense in any way, you're awfully wrong.
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You can say whatever you want, but he died because he did what he thought was right and tried to defend his country. I think this is a no-brainer if it comes down to a congressional or executive intervention.
 
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As of right now, the war in Iraq and Afganistan isn't about defending America. It's about "cleaning up Iraq and Afganistan".
 
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Speaking of wars and claiming them to be "fighting for your homeland"
Can anyone here tell me why there was a vietnam war? And it's "noble" intentions behind it?

Naturally we cannot blame soldiers for anything. They are doing what they are told and they believe they are doing what is right. But this has little relevance to the article above.

It's mainly about the marriage fraud system, and how it does not work as well as intented. The idea behind the marriage fraud system is to try to investigate "fake" marriages where the marriage's only intent was to bypass immigration laws.
Naturally this is pretty hard to verify, and it's even harder if not imposible to verify if your spouse is dead.

The only thing I can conclude is that this marriage fraud system does not work as well as intended. (But being a Japanese citizen, I doubt it would be that hard for her to get an American Visa through other means)

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But in my opinion.... Once concepts such as marraige fraud exists, or when pop idols get married for one day just for fun, or when almost half of marriages end up being divorces.... I start to question the merit of marriage.

does being married mean anything in the 21st century? Or is it just a handy way to save money through taxes and immigrate to other countries?
 
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