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Lefty California teacher declares she married Gaza man to give him US citizenship: ‘Equalize the playing field’
NY Post ^ | 06/27/2026 | David Spector

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: california; canogapark; closekthru12; codepink; davidspector; demagogicparty; dsa; englewood; fraud; gavinnewsom; gaza; islam1st; israelophobia; laurapinho; marcywinograd; michaelwildes; newjersey; newyorkpost; salemseabuamra; utah; whatsherfrnick
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To: DFG

IIRC, a skank Congress critter from Sh!tholistan married her brother to help with citizenship.


21 posted on 06/28/2026 4:38:40 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: DFG

Dance teacher? She should be dancing on a rope.


22 posted on 06/28/2026 4:39:11 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now! )
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To: AZJeep

God’ law is more stringent; His Penalty lasts much longer.


23 posted on 06/28/2026 4:44:53 AM PDT by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux! )
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To: Gnome1949

Exactly — its immigration fraud and now she is on record. She is obviously stupid in more ways than one.


24 posted on 06/28/2026 4:46:32 AM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: DFG

Laura Pinho, a dance teacher at Canoga Park Senior High School in California, has found a way to marriage. After hitting the wall hard at 51 and driving all future marriage prospects away with lectures on white supremacy, patriarchy BLM, her democracy, and colonization has found a match. A non-english speaking Gaza man that thinks when she talks the infidel wants sex. Laura is now proudly virtue signaling to all her single activists comrades.


25 posted on 06/28/2026 4:47:25 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: DFG

Now we know why younger voters are suddenly supporting communism.


26 posted on 06/28/2026 4:48:09 AM PDT by batazoid (Natural born citizen)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
The moron bigot said "I have a passport that I was just born with". Really? Born with a passport?

27 posted on 06/28/2026 4:49:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: DFG

I guess she didnt have any brothers to marry


28 posted on 06/28/2026 4:49:43 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (You choose; a world without dogs or a world without muslims.)
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To: johniegrad

“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.”


Main character syndrome.


29 posted on 06/28/2026 4:52:09 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Maybe she’s just horney.


30 posted on 06/28/2026 5:09:15 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DFG

I hope her marriage is backed by the full faith of sharia.


31 posted on 06/28/2026 5:13:53 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: DFG

Breaking FR protocols, I read the attached article. I skimmed it quickly, it is not clear that the “groom” has ever come to the U.S. or that the happy newlyweds have ever met in person. He is from Gaza and may still be there. She is a California resident. The “wedding” was conducted in Utah because it allows zoom weddings, provided that the couple provide two witnesses (who also do not need at any point to be present), get a Utah marriage license (done remotely, I presume), and present valid ID. How Utah checks IDs on marriage applications, I don’t know. I won’t make any stupid snarky jokes about the semi-underground, unreformed, polygamous Mormon sects that are still scattered around ....

Anyhow, the marriage is about as solid as a California voter ID. Of course it should be overturned by the first judge to hear the case, if a case is ever brought. A hyper-politicized activist judge would probably ok it; an honest judge would not.

Once again, we see the almost complete rot beneath the surface of institutions that are supposed to maintain basic guardrails.

I’m starting to think the IRS may be the only federal agency that even tries to keep rigorous records anymore. And that’s only because it’s in business to fleece us and wants to be sure that no one can hide a quarter under the couch cushion.


32 posted on 06/28/2026 5:41:05 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: MayflowerMadam
IIRC, a skank Congress critter from Sh!tholistan married her brother to help with citizenship.

Who is that skank, from a Shiite hole country? 😝😆😂 Oh wait, I think we all know. 😀😊🤪

33 posted on 06/28/2026 5:57:59 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. 🎤 Father of USAF pilot. ✈️ Aviation is in our DNA)
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To: DFG

How many Virtue Points did she get for that?


34 posted on 06/28/2026 6:00:49 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: Kudsman

She teaches dance...


35 posted on 06/28/2026 6:05:03 AM PDT by zek157 ( )
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To: SteelPSUGOP

With her cunning and insane mind she will do what she can to bring this terrorist over. He, having grown up in Gaza will not follow any rules, civility, order or moral guideline.
Together they will avoid the legalities and processes.


36 posted on 06/28/2026 6:07:11 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: DFG
Pinho heads her school’s Students for Justice in Palestine club and bragged about injecting her virulent anti-Israel politics into her dance curriculum.

****

She's a peach.

37 posted on 06/28/2026 6:10:22 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: DFG
Pinho, whose school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, made $179,103 in pay and benefits as of 2024, according to public records.

*****

What a waste of the tax payer money.

38 posted on 06/28/2026 6:11:02 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: SunkenCiv; All

Immigration fraud


39 posted on 06/28/2026 6:12:36 AM PDT by Milagros
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To: All

Laura better go to Gaza shithole for some time, she aught to feel what it’s like living under a Hamas brutality


40 posted on 06/28/2026 6:18:14 AM PDT by Milagros
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