It’s really amazing how much criminal activity aimed at weakening our country that our government can shut down when they put some effort into it and start putting America and Americans first.

Eleven defendants in New York were indicted Wednesday in what federal prosecutors describe as a decade-long, multimillion-dollar sham marriage network designed to get Chinese nationals legal status in the United States. The scheme produced over 1,000 fraudulent marriages. Some participants paid as much as $100,000 for the illegal service. American citizens who agreed to serve as fake spouses were paid up to $30,000 each. Recruiters collected roughly $5,000 per American citizen they successfully brought into the operation.