Law Aims to Protect Mail-Order Brides

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ANNAPOLIS - In an effort to prevent domestic violence and close a loophole in federal law, Maryland lawmakers want criminal background checks available on men who pay to meet mail-order or Internet brides through marriage brokers.

A federal law, the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, was enacted in 2006 and requires international marriage brokers to check clients against sex offender registries. But marital history and other criminal records do not have to be checked by the brokers.

The federal law only requires that brokers ask their American clients, who are overwhelmingly men, about marital history and criminal records, according to the sponsors of the state bill.

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The proposed Maryland law aims to correct this by requiring criminal background checks if a broker's recruits, usually women from Russia, Latin America or other foreign countries, request them.

Both the federal law and proposed state law require brokers to provide information to foreign women on their rights regarding immigration, domestic violence assistance and emergency services, according to the Maryland Department of Legislative Services.

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Is this still going on? Get me out of this flashback machine.

[FreakinDJ]

1. Those women have lower DV rates then American women

And lower divorce rates then American women.

Probably need to do back ground checks on anyone requesting a marriage license

[Clear Blue Sky]

2. Lower divorce rates in countries with arranged marriages too.

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4. Those women have no education, money or place to go.

Why would they divorce?

[mac2]

3. Many a mail order Russian bride is surprised to find a

live in mother-in-law she has to take care of. Men abuse and use them.