Interesting Immigration Topic From Detroit

[Dashinka 24,960]

I just came across this today and it seemed interesting. Of course, this article does not give the entire story, but I am a little bit surprised by the results where the guy accused of immigration fraud had the charges dropped, but it still cost him $15K.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/02/07/after-2--years-feds-return-money-to-man-in-marriage-probe/79963158/

[ExPatty 502]

But she noted that the legal standard is different when it comes to fighting over money seized by the government.

Uh yeah that's one way of putting it. Another is that the government can legally steal your money and you can basically do nothing about it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States

Sounds like perhaps he looked like a duck and quacked like a duck but in this case was not a duck, and the government hates to admit it's wrong, so they made him effectively plea out on something tiny.