"Is There Evidence of Chinese Spies?" Trump's "Loyalist" Attorney General Makes "Shocking Announcement" Right After Taking Office... Circumstances Capture "It Reached Overseas!" (Trump NOW)

The U.S. Department of Justice has successively announced investigation and indictment results characterized by anti-immigration and ideological warfare immediately following the inauguration of new Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Blanche, a former personal attorney to President Donald Trump and former Deputy Attorney General, is a leading loyalist within the administration. Amid speculation that the previous attorney general was dismissed for being lukewarm about investigating President Trump's political rivals, Blanche recently managed to pass congressional confirmation to shed his acting attorney general title.

Holding a press conference in Washington, D.C., on the 12th (local time), Attorney General Blanche announced that 11 individuals were arrested on charges of brokering hundreds of sham marriages for foreigners seeking to obtain U.S. permanent residency.

According to AFP, Blanche stated, "This is one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in U.S. history," adding, "We are cracking down on immigration fraud tactics that bypass U.S. immigration laws."

Blanche revealed that 10 of the 11 arrested are U.S. citizens of Chinese descent, and that most of those who entered into sham marriages with them are also Chinese nationals. He added that they paid 100,000 dollars to obtain green cards (permanent residency), while the sham spouses received up to 30,000 dollars.

Asked whether the case was related to espionage charges, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated, "Not according to the charges specified in the indictment, but given the scale described today, the investigation is not over."

This appears to be the result of a massive crackdown on sham marriages by law enforcement authorities, which, along with "birth tourism"—cited by President Trump as a side effect when urging the abolition of birthright citizenship—is categorized under illegal immigration enforcement.

(Produced by Jin Sang-myeong | Video by Ahn Jun-hyeok | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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