[SauronOfMordor]

But in his 1977 autobiography, Schwarzenegger said he reached a deal with a legendary figure in the bodybuilding industry "to pay me a weekly salary in exchange for my information and being able to use photographs of me in his magazine."

That arrangement, said a half dozen immigration attorneys across the nation, appears to have violated the terms of his visa.

"It allows you to come in to conduct business, but to be gainfully employed you need a visa that allows you to be gainfully employed in the United States," said New York-based immigration attorney Steven S. Mukamal. "It would seem that Mr. Schwarzenegger violated his own status."

Arnold performed no work, so it's not a "salary". He licensed permission to use his pictures and talk about him in the mag in exchange for a license fee to be paid in weekly installments.

[demlosers]

Yup! No news here...gawkers move on.

[Common Tator]

in exchange for my information and being able to use photographs of me in his magazine

Glad to see you try to make the case that consulting (supplying information) and modeling (posing for pictures) are not really jobs.

Are models who get paid for modeling elegible for welfare? According to you they are not employed. And information for compensation.... isn't that how corporate lawyers get their money?

[A. Pole]

Arnold performed no work, so it's not a "salary". He licensed permission to use his pictures and talk about him in the mag in exchange for a license fee to be paid in weekly installments.

Good point. There must be something good about Mr. Schwarzenegger if he attracts so much malice. He would have my vote if I lived in California.

[longshot1980]

Gee... wouldn't it be a shame if this minor gaffe made Ahnuld ineligible to serve as governor?

Figures the Waffen Libs would pick now, of all times, to finally start enforcing immigration laws, but if the ends justify the means... go Tom go. :-)