GOP senators move to close child-bride immigration loophole

[redleghunter]

GOP senators move to close child-bride immigration loophole

Republican senators announced a new bill Wednesday aimed at closing a child-marriage loophole in immigration law.

Under the current system, a juvenile in the U.S. can petition for a spouse or fiance to immigrate to the U.S., and an adult here can petition for a juvenile spouse to immigrate.


No parental consent is required.

A study last year by the Senate Homeland Security Committee found Homeland Security approved more than 8,000 petitions involving child marriages from 2007 to 2017 — including two involving 13-year-olds, 38 14-year-olds and 269 15-year-olds.

The senators’ new proposal would prohibit any spouse or fiance petitions that include a minor.

“A visa to enter the United States is a privilege, and this straightforward reform will help close a loophole that can lead to the abuse and exploitation of children,” said Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.


More at link:
Senators move to close child-bride immigration loophole - Washington Times

 

[brinny]

GOP senators move to close child-bride immigration loophole

Republican senators announced a new bill Wednesday aimed at closing a child-marriage loophole in immigration law.

Under the current system, a juvenile in the U.S. can petition for a spouse or fiance to immigrate to the U.S., and an adult here can petition for a juvenile spouse to immigrate.


No parental consent is required.

A study last year by the Senate Homeland Security Committee found Homeland Security approved more than 8,000 petitions involving child marriages from 2007 to 2017 — including two involving 13-year-olds, 38 14-year-olds and 269 15-year-olds.

The senators’ new proposal would prohibit any spouse or fiance petitions that include a minor.

“A visa to enter the United States is a privilege, and this straightforward reform will help close a loophole that can lead to the abuse and exploitation of children,” said Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.


More at link:
Senators move to close child-bride immigration loophole - Washington Times

Praise God!!!!

Praying!!!

 

[JosephZ]

On average there have been 500 people per year immigrating to the US to be with their child bride or groom. In comparison, there are thousands of child marriages legally taking place in the US between American citizens each year. I think the states that have laws that allow child marriages to take place inside the United States should be addressed first since the numbers are far greater.

 

[SummerMadness]

I don't see why they're changing the law, it's just a different lifestyle.

 

[The Barbarian]

Two states in the U.S. allow children to marry at 14, under some circumstances. Will we have to deport them?

 

[redleghunter]

On average there have been 500 people per year immigrating to the US to be with their child bride or groom. In comparison, there are thousands of child marriages legally taking place in the US between American citizens each year. I think the states that have laws that allow child marriages to take place inside the United States should be addressed first since the numbers are far greater.

Yes each state has their own laws. That does not mean the federal government cannot impose age standards.

 

[redleghunter]

I don't see why they're changing the law, it's just a different lifestyle.

Human trafficking.

 

[redleghunter]

Two states in the U.S. allow children to marry at 14, under some circumstances. Will we have to deport them?

Is it your point federal law must reflect the lowest denominator of state statutes?

 

[SummerMadness]

Human trafficking.

I know, I was just echoing the words of Tucker Carlson.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Some people seem to be conflating immigration policy with local marriage laws.

 

[The Barbarian]

Is it your point federal law must reflect the lowest denominator of state statutes?

It's my point that federal law seems to be rather selective in it's concern for children marrying.

 

[The Barbarian]

I know, I was just echoing the words of Tucker Carlson.

(Barbarian checks)

TUCKER CARLSON: By the way, women hate you when they do you wrong and you put up with it.

CO-HOST: Exactly.

CARLSON: Because they hate weakness. They’re like dogs that way. They can smell it on you, and they have contempt for it; they’ll bite you.

CARLSON: I mean, I love women, but they’re extremely primitive, they’re basic, they’re not that hard to understand. And one of the things they hate more than anything is weakness in a man.

In 2009 Carlson was defending Fundamentalist Mormon polygamist and child marriage advocate Warren Jeffs, claiming that child marriage was just a “different lifestyle.”

"He’s in prison (Warren Jeffs) because he’s weird and unpopular and he has a different lifestyle that other people find creepy."
Tucker Carlson Defends Child Marriage, Claims Women Are ‘Primitive’

But these were white American men Carlson was defending. I suspect that he'd be on board for the bill as it is, because it doesn't address people like Warren Jeffs.

 

[redleghunter]

It's my point that federal law seems to be rather selective in it's concern for children marrying.

What prevents the federal government from establishing policy? Nothing.

The SCOTUS in one decision mandated from the bench the definition of marriage which forced the majority of states to comply with.

Perhaps the few states which now have child bride laws will sue the DHS and the SCOTUS will just enforce the federal definition upon them.

 

[The Barbarian]

Barbarian observes:
It's my point that federal law seems to be rather selective in it's concern for children marrying.

What prevents the federal government from establishing policy? Nothing.

That's my point.

Perhaps the few states which now have child bride laws will sue the DHS and the SCOTUS will just enforce the federal definition upon them.

Just noting the inconsistency in the law, which protects foreign children, but not American children.

 

[redleghunter]

Just noting the inconsistency in the law, which protects foreign children, but not American children.

It’s not inconsistent. One is a state law and the other is a federal policy. The federal government sets and enforces immigration law.

 

[The Barbarian]

It’s not inconsistent. One is a state law and the other is a federal policy. The federal government sets and enforces immigration law.

And yet your argument is:

What prevents the federal government from establishing policy? Nothing.

I'm just noting the selective concern.

 

[Dave-W]

What prevents the federal government from establishing policy? Nothing.

The last line in the Bill of Rights (Amendment #10) reads thusly:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.​

The power to establish that policy falls to the states, not the Fed.

 

[redleghunter]

The last line in the Bill of Rights (Amendment #10) reads thusly:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.​

The power to establish that policy falls to the states, not the Fed.

It seems that did not hold water in the
Obergefell v. Hodges decision.

 

[redleghunter]

And yet your argument is:


I'm just noting the selective concern.

The current loophole has no parental consent. Which state allows a minor to marry without parental consent? Mississippi is the only state that I know of which allows minors to marry without parental consent.

 

[Dave-W]

It seems that did not hold water in the
Obergefell v. Hodges decision.

Unfortunately the courts have been eroding that idea for a long time.