Posted on 06/28/2026 3:25:23 AM PDT by DFG
A radical, Israel-hating California teacher claimed she married a Gaza resident online to help him gain American citizenship — and push her pro-Palestinian agenda.
Laura Pinho, a dance teacher at Canoga Park Senior High School in California, announced her nuptials in a wild June 16 CODEPINK Zoom webinar called “Challenging Zionism In Our Schools.”
When CODEPINK activist Marcy Winograd congratulated her on her marriage and asked her to share details about her life, Pinho, 51, launched into a pedantic monologue about how she only married Salem S.E. Abu Amra to advance “Palestinian rights and freedoms.”
“I have power as an American citizen. I have a passport that I was just born with, and how can I live in this world if I don’t make every effort to equalize the playing field on whatever way that I can,” she said in the webinar, first uncovered by the North American Values Institute.
Englewood New Jersey Mayor Michael Wildes — who is also an immigration attorney and former federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York — told The Post that Pinho is playing with fire.
“She can be prosecuted criminally, brought up on federal conspiracy charges. Marriage fraud is one of the top five crimes you can perpetrate including terrorism and drugs. The fact that somebody would be foolish enough to say they actually did it makes it actionable for the federal government to investigate,” Wildes said.
Marrying someone to obtain a green card is federal crime and can carry a five-year prison sentence and up to a $250,000 fine, according to the Department of Justice.
The odd couple tied the knot April 5 in Utah, which allows marriages to be conducted via Zoom, according to records posted online by the Utah County Clerk and obtained by Israeli nonprofit NGO Monitor.
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Send Laura to Gaza to be with her new hubby. Equalizes the playing field.
She is about to Find Out.
Pinho the pinhead is teaching your grandkids.
Fraud.
This IS immigration fraud under U.S. federal law. She will be prosecuted for admitting her crime of a sham marriage to attempt to sidestep federal immigration law.
The law is clear in this case and should be enforced.
five-year prison sentence and up to a $250,000 fine,
AWFUL needs to be locked up.
Her husband should divorce her and take half of their assets.
And, anyway, no green card for hubby!
Marrying US citizen does NOT automatically qualify anybody for green card.
When Mr. Jihad beats the sh*t out of her because she took off her Hijab OR Kafiyeh and she had the gaul to speak to the mailman she will begin to question her idiotic decisions.
If Mr. Jihad takes her to meet the clan in Gaza and his brothers and uncles rape her, she will run to the women of the clan who will hit her with blunt objects.
Any woman who would do this is just sick in the head. She will pay for this dearly.
Pinhead the dance teacher dances with wolves.
Marriage doesn’t automatically grant citizenship. My daughter in law is a legal immigrant, but still has to do ALL the required things to do to become a citizen.
The 19th Amendment was a horrible mistake.
L
This is EXACTLY what the problem is in this country. I hope she gets what she deserves...
This is illegal
Then simply reject him for a green card or even a residency permit in the US....and prosecute her for fraud. This is obviously a sham marriage.
Man is she stupid. She should have gotten elected into Congress before doing that.
Female narcissism on full display; first, by how important she thinks she is; and, second, by her need to tell everyone to gain their admiration.
God judges, and there are only two kinds of outcome with Him. He is True, Righteous, and Never Fails. That's the only thing she can really count on, if she keeps on failing the Grace test. Thre will be no excuse. Covered in Romans 1:18-32, chapter and verse.
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