Friday, March 5, 2010

A Good Reason for IMBRA

It is too sad hearing all these stories of people with interracial relationship that didn't end up the way they wanted it to be and worse thing happens is that it ends up in a crime. Like this article that I just finished reading. It is about a filipina who was shot dead in the head by her husband who, also took his own life by shooting his self at the parking lot outside the store where the girl worked at. The husband had actually two restraining orders in the past from both  his ex-wives before she married his current wife.

See, there's this law called "IMBRA" (International Marriage Broker Regulation Act) that was passed in 2005. This law is to protect women from predators or bad guys who just want to bring women here in the US to be abused. Like for example, if somebody files a petition for a girl to come to the US. The government will check the background of the petitioner first. If they find out that  the petitioner has/had a violent background, they then pass the information to the beneficiary to make them aware of the petitioner's past. So, then it's already up to the beneficiary whether to proceed or cancel the petition.

So really, this is a good law because it gives you advanced notice as well as extra information about your partner and the rest is just up to you.