[Recall]

Aren't you leaving out something!! It should read:

if you meet someone from a foreign country WHO IS HERE LEGALLY and marry them, that person is entitled to remain here and apply for adjustment of status. It's only if you met them before they entered the country that they have to go back and then go through the paperwork.

Also, if you meet them before they come here they can come over on a fiance visa.

[King of Florida]

Have you read the thread or the articles? She was here legally. She entered on a tourist visa. (She then got a student visa, which was still valid when she got married.) Illegal immigrants enter the country illegally -- without any kind of visa.