From Breitbart: Immigration lawyers are warning that federal agencies are increasingly skeptical when migrants claim to have legitimate marriages with Americans.
The policy shift comes after President Donald Trump’s deputies began cracking down on rising rates of marriage-related visa fraud by migrants who pay Americans for temporary marriages.
While marrying a U.S. citizen has never been a locked-in guarantee that a migrant would be issued a green card, marriages have previously offered a huge boost to a migrant’s request for legal status. But that may be changing as immigration attorneys are finding that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are giving such marriages much closer scrutiny than ever before.
Immigration attorney Brad Bernstein of Spar & Bernstein is warning his clients that marrying a U.S. citizen is no longer the near-guarantee of legal residence for foreign nationals, NDTV reported.
Bernstein noted that in the past, it was not required that the married U.S. citizen and the migrant spouse live together, in orer for the migrant spouse to get a green card. But now, that is a huge red flag for the Trump administration, and will prompt a serious investigation.
“USCIS has warned migrants that a marriage to a U.S. citizen has to be real, not just an arrangement of convenience,” Breitbart wrote.
USCIS announced in a post on X Friday, “There is no room for immigration fraud under @POTUS’ leadership. Since Jan. 20, we’ve cracked down and will not allow fraudsters to take advantage of our lawful immigration system and stay in the U.S.”
There is no room for immigration fraud under @POTUS’ leadership. Since Jan. 20, we’ve cracked down and will not allow fraudsters to take advantage of our lawful immigration system and stay in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/iyO7dw9D2L
— USCIS (@USCIS) January 2, 2026
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