She married a U.S. citizen for love. After she alleged abuse, he threatened deportation. (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 4 days ago by LillyPip@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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The Facebook message that popped into her account started as a flirtation: "Hey, how are you?"

She had newly arrived from Bangladesh to study for her master's in information technology on a student visa in 2022 and wasn't interested in a relationship.

She liked the message. Then he texted again a few days later, "Hey, I have tickets to a Broadway show."

She had never been to a Broadway show before, so she went — and their whirlwind first date quickly turned to love for her and then marriage. […]

Her new husband filed for a green card for his wife. A temporary one was granted, and she moved to his family's house in Brooklyn.

The future seemed bright. […]

Now, just a little more than a year later, the 31-year-old woman, who asked CBS News not to use her name due to safety fears, has separated from her husband after alleging abuse — and is now worried about being deported.

[…]

Crystal Justice, chief external affairs officer at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, told CBS News in a statement that they have seen abusive partners "threatening to deport a partner or their family or withholding legal documents to limit a person's ability to travel."

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[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 15 points 4 days ago

Abusers gonna abuse. I endured seven years of "you don't do what I say, and I can make your life hell." I can only imagine what she would have been capable of had I needed her for citizenship reasons.

But, seriously, Crystal Justice? That sounds nothing like a real name.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sounds like nominative determinism

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Bit of a bad lead story, if she's only been in the US for a few years and was only on a student visa she would have had to have returned to Bangladesh pretty quickly anyway?

[-] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yep.

My guess haveing delt with the process. Moving to a green card process supported by marriage. Meant her student visas no longer applied. Only being married for 1 year. As this is why such claims are temp to begin. Means she may be deported well before her student plans are complete.

Even before the current insanity. Things like that were risky.

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