Especially her clueless first husband that she married purely for the US citizenship.
The following is from Wiki,”After entering the United States, Deng lived with the Cherry family for a while when attending university. Mrs. Cherry suspected her husband was having an affair with Deng (30 years his junior) and demanded she leave the house. Mr. Cherry soon followed and moved in with herThe two married in 1990 and Cherry's marriage lasted 2 years and 7 months before they were legally divorced but he would later explain they only stayed together for 4 or 5 months after which he learned of the extramarital relationship Deng had with David Wolf.Nonetheless, she had been able to secure a green card through being legally married to Cherry.