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	<title>Comments on: WTF?: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before Contacting Foreigners on Internet</title>
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		<title>By: Tristan Laurent</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tristan Laurent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The law can be enforced two ways.  First, the dating companies can be prosecuted in federal court for a felony or sued civilly by any US Attorney.  

Second, if a man meets a woman on a dating site that does not comply with the law, later falls in love with her and either marries her or gets engaged to her, SHE WILL NEVER GET ANY KIND OF VISA TO COME TO THE US.  This is the case even if the man innocently uses a dating company that does not comply with the law.

At this time, there is extremely limited enforcement of the law.  The only enforcement is that the fiance and marriage visa application forms are changed and applicants must state how they met their fiance/spouse US citizen.

I do not know the reason the other parts of the law are not being enforced, but it could be that DHS knows that this is an unconstitutional law and also that it will be difficult to enforce further.  Just imagine that (1) DHS makes a list of who is a covered dating service and who is exempt*, not an easy task and (2) they start turning down wholesale everyone who met on &quot;Maria&#039;s Latinas&quot; or &quot;Imelda&#039;s Filipinas&quot; or &quot;Natasha&#039;s Russians&quot;.  If they did that, the hue and cry of those rejected would be loud, very loud, and it would reach the ears of the foolish Congressmen who passed the law and the foolish media that has ignored it thus far.

*Big dating companies such as Match.com, Yahoo personals, etc are exempted from the law

Please see my site for more details: www.onlinedatingrights.com   We are the experts on this law.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The law can be enforced two ways.  First, the dating companies can be prosecuted in federal court for a felony or sued civilly by any US Attorney.  </p>
<p>Second, if a man meets a woman on a dating site that does not comply with the law, later falls in love with her and either marries her or gets engaged to her, SHE WILL NEVER GET ANY KIND OF VISA TO COME TO THE US.  This is the case even if the man innocently uses a dating company that does not comply with the law.</p>
<p>At this time, there is extremely limited enforcement of the law.  The only enforcement is that the fiance and marriage visa application forms are changed and applicants must state how they met their fiance/spouse US citizen.</p>
<p>I do not know the reason the other parts of the law are not being enforced, but it could be that DHS knows that this is an unconstitutional law and also that it will be difficult to enforce further.  Just imagine that (1) DHS makes a list of who is a covered dating service and who is exempt*, not an easy task and (2) they start turning down wholesale everyone who met on &#8220;Maria&#8217;s Latinas&#8221; or &#8220;Imelda&#8217;s Filipinas&#8221; or &#8220;Natasha&#8217;s Russians&#8221;.  If they did that, the hue and cry of those rejected would be loud, very loud, and it would reach the ears of the foolish Congressmen who passed the law and the foolish media that has ignored it thus far.</p>
<p>*Big dating companies such as Match.com, Yahoo personals, etc are exempted from the law</p>
<p>Please see my site for more details: <a href="http://www.onlinedatingrights.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlinedatingrights.com</a>   We are the experts on this law.</p>
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