SALON - Mar 8 - Ten years ago, Katerina was a 22 years old student when she advertised in a catalog. Her old-fashioned values caught the attention of a plumber from Atlanta. Within a year, she was married and living in her new American home. That's when he told her the reason he brought her to the US was for housekeeping and sex. Katerina was a victim in the world of international marriage. In 2006, the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA) was enacted as a means of protecting foreign women like Katerina. It requires a client check against the National Sex Offender Public Registry, a lifetime cap of two visa petitions per male client and a shift of responsibility to the organizations involved. Anastasia International is one of the world's largest international marriage brokers with ~460K male clients. The IMBRA legislation is a sticking point for the company, a measure it considers costly and disproportionately onerous. GM of Anastasia International Dan Sykes says: I don't get involved with my clients. I consider my business a communications and translation company. We do not make matches or arrange marriages in any way."
by Shonna Milliken Humphrey
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