Very nearly ten years has elapsed since Congress passed the Overseas Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA), but U.S. agencies have actually yet to completely implement and enforce the federal legislation to shield so-called “mail-order” brides from abuse and exploitation, relating to a completely independent report given the other day.
The step-by-step report, given by the U.S. national Accountability workplace on Dec. 10, discovered numerous shortcomings in execution and enforcement of IMBRA, which Congress passed in 2005 and strengthened through amendments in 2013. To completely implement IMBRA, the report recommended, among other measures, that U.S. agencies must: