Should an immigrant be permitted to bring in first cousin on K-1 or Marriage Visa

[aaa2zzz 27]

In Pakistan, for example it is quite common for people to marry cousins and even first cousins. This has caused a lot of medical problems in the UK.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/health-why-cousins-can-be-just-too-close-the-pakistani-practice-of-marrying-relations-may-be-causing-1483250.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394119/Its-time-confront-taboo-First-cousin-marriages-Muslim-communities-putting-hundreds-children-risk.html

In the USA, 25 states prohibit first cousin marriages outright and 6 others conditionally permit it (usually if age 65 or older).

If one marries a first cousin in a state where it is legal, the marriage sometimes, but not always (depends on the particular state) continues to be legal in the new state even if it would have been prohibited.

What do you think about this? It appears that USCIS does not check to see if the proposed state of residence would prohibit the marriage. Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Washington and Wisconsin. If you marry your first cousin abroad, and then live in one of these states, your marriage is invalid.

What about aunt/nephew or uncle niece marriages? they are illegal in all fifty states. But what if such a marriage is legal abroad?

No relevance to me personally. Just intellectual exercise.

[catlover31 8]

Isn't being related to your fiancé considered a red flag? If I remember correctly one of the questions on the I-129F was if the petitioner and the alien finance were related? Personally I would be against first cousin marriage because it makes it more likely that their offspring would have genetic defects. This is why so many European royals had defects, since the families tended to intermarry.

Edited February 2, 2016 by catlover31

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

My mother in law was married to my father in law at 5 , apparently it was legal there/then Should that be recognized in the states ? I think in all 50 states he would have gotten in trouble as a child molester. ( this is totally for conversation as he is dead )

[Amhara 460]

You must have one heck of a family if you can only find a mate within it and not outside your family....