Opponents of Child Marriage in America Hail Recent Wins in an Uphill Battle

“Child marriage isn’t an immigrant issue as many have wanted to point fingers at,” Professor Hayat Bearat, director of Northeastern Law’s Domestic Violence Institute, tells the New York Sun. “However, the loophole that presently exists in our federal immigration laws incentivizes child marriages by allowing children to be brought to the U.S. on spousal or fiancé visas. The rates have decreased over the years, but they are still too high.”