Say Anything Blog

Sure.  Let’s make a mockery of citizenship on television.  Why not.

A Los Angeles company is touting a new reality game show called “Who Wants to Marry a U.S. Citizen” that aims to create televised matrimony between legal citizens and immigrants who have temporary visas.

The show’s backers at Morusa Media hope to make a sort of love match between reality TV and a national obsession with immigration. But the producers make no promise that a marriage will occur or lead to U.S. citizenship.

Show creator Adrian Martinez said that Morusa Media has not yet found a network to produce or air the show, but he is currently in talks with one cable TV network and already has signed up contestants for six episodes.

“It’s this generation’s ‘Dating Game,’ but with a twist — it aims to show love knows no borders,” Martinez told Reuters.

I hope INS is paying attention to who the contestants are.

Of course, for me this also illustrates why we need to make legal immigration into this country legal.  If someone qualifies to be here on a temporary visa, and wants to stay here permanently, why should they have to engage in a marriage of convenience to make it legal?  Why not just let them stay as long as they’re not a criminal or a government-dependent layabout?