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.
(Excerpt) Read more at wweek.com ...
I’m guessing the statute of limitations comes into play here.
Did I miss the identification of the governors political affiliation? Must be there somewhere.
Industry SOP. Republican: first word in headline, all caps if possible.
Democrat: no mention of party affiliation whatsoever.
Had to go to Google to confirm this guy's a Dem.
One more "B" and he would have been Swedish.
Either that or he would have become a dancing queen.
Abysmal writing
Is Clyvia the feminine form of Clymer?
Immigrants do NOT need to obtain "residency" or "legal (resident) status" they already have it BY DEFINITION.
Open border media and politicians corrupt the language to confuse Americans and conceal the truth on the issue of Immigration.
ILLEGALS are INVADERS and not IMMIGRANTS!
If she didn’t tell the Gov. until yesterday about a 4 YEAR marriage to an 18 year old Ethiopian, he would be STUPID to marry her.....he;s a Democrat...they are ALL STUPID!!<P.What 30 year old marries an 18 year old STUDENT??
“Okay folks move along.These are Democrats we’re talking about so nothing to see.”
Not to mention that her mother was illiterate and couldn’t spell Sylvia
People who have a “hardscrabble background” are now allowed to break the law with impunity. It’s the New Normal.
Democrat standards.
“Hayes married a teenage Ethiopian immigrant 11 years younger than her.”
Younger than her what? How about than she?
We are losing our language as errors such as this are accepted in daily conversation.
Also, Hayes is just a loser lib in a loser state. Where’s the news?
What a lucky guy to find this great gal!
Correct, living with the governor makes her a First slut, not a First Lady
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