Not Guilty
Posted on 10/08/2014 8:35:11 PM PDT by hiho hiho
Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes regularly speaks about her hardscrabble background—a childhood in poverty, her struggle to get through school, and her two marriages before meeting Gov. John Kitzhaber, to whom she is now engaged.
On Wednesday, WW published a story about the private consulting work Hayes, 47, has performed while first lady. In the story, we reported Hayes had actually been married and divorced three times. That’s a small detail that might seem otherwise unremarkable.
In 1997, King County, Wash., marriage records show, Hayes married a teenage Ethiopian immigrant 11 years younger than her.
Obtaining residency or citizenship for an immigrant through marriage to a legal resident is often called a "green card marriage." It is a federal crime for both participants if it is determined that the marriage is a sham and executed solely for the purpose of obtaining immigration benefits.
Hayes’ third marriage was to Abraham B. Abraham, who is now 35 and living in the Washington, D.C., area.
Abraham, who listed his birthplace as Ethiopia on the marriage certificate, had just finished his freshman year at a college in North Carolina. He was 18.
Several people who know Hayes expressed surprise to learn that she had been married three times. One was her second husband, Douglas McCarthy, who was divorced from Hayes in April 1997. McCarthy says he was unaware of Abraham. “I didn’t even know she got married again,” McCarthy, who lives in Olympia, Wash., tells WW. “That’s news to me.”
Tilman Hasche, a Portland immigration lawyer, says it is a federal crime for a U.S. citizen to enter into a marriage for the exclusive or overriding reason of obtaining immigration benefits. Immigration status can be a factor for a marriage. “It just can’t be the overriding and exclusive reason,” he said.
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Oregon Delenda Est...
Oh my goodness gracious me.
Married for four years and they never had a child?
That is suspicious on its own and there is likely no way they can ever prove that they consummated the marriage.
Time to prosecute and deport.
Abraham B. Abraham. The Ethiopian so nice they named him twice.
“Married for four years and they never had a child?
That is suspicious on its own-—————”
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You have GOT to be kidding. Suspicious????
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did he learn of it by reading about it in the paper? /obama
Slutty Dem weds an Ethiopian, Abraham B[arack] Abraham, so he can get a green card and a college degree — I’m shocked, shocked!! Reverse Abortion Barbie.
My youngest son and his wife are mighty suspicious if so, married 10 years before their first child was born.
He was here on a pole vault scholarship I guess.
Just how much more can we take from all of these sleazy politicians. I’m sick of it!
Most couples have a baby within four years of marriage.
I know not all do, but most and with the other circumstances surrounding this marriage, that fact does add to suspicion.
In this case, I think that “first lady” might be a little over the top.
Hey Guv, you thought Saliva was sloppy thirds. Now it’s sloppy fourths...at best.
If you are saying that guy looks a little “festive”, I agree...
Not Guilty
If there was as much stuff sticking out as has been stuck in she’d be a blooming porcupine!!
No, Duty Judy Party Pass-Around (Petri Dish With Legs)
Guilty.
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