I see. Well, that one fact explains quite a bit.
Now I see what his likely motivation is coming from.
He wants to be the White Knight for his (undocumented?)
Damsel in Distress. It’s a very old dynamic.
Dudley Do Right riding the Calvary to rescue Nell.
His wife isn’t undocumented. Kat Taylor is a banker, philanthropist & big muckety-muck in her own right. She’s worth googling— much has been written about her.