Also, God forbid any of us on either side of the Atlantic should actually enforce our laws, let alone expect these people to value living under the Rule of Law. See my tagline.
Just another example of why government should have no involvement in or recognition of marriage whatsoever. If you’re determined to “marry” someone who doesn’t have the right to live in your native country, then you’ll just have to move to their country, or to some third country that is willing to let both of you live there. The notions that government should 1) be in the business of determining who is “really in love” with whom, and 2) be according privileges to foreigners based on the bureaucratic determination of whether the foreigner and citizen are “really in love”, are beyond ludicrous.