you would think that dominicans would never scam their own people for a few hundred bucks or so especially knowing that some day they will make millions and that the gravy train may never arrive if they do something illegal and get caught..
Kyle - you're kidding right?!!!!
Most Dominicans don't plan for tomorrow and so you think the crooks or sham artists are going to be any different? Haha - that's a good one.
What bothers me the most are not the crooks that misled these kids - hey they're are crooks all over this world - no, what bothers me is the society that places so much emphasis on going to the US that kids are brought up with the "dream" and will do just about anything to achieve it. There is a great deal of ignorance by the people here of the fact that many of the laws they want to break to get to the US are actually enforced.
Unfortunately, probably only by being as severe as possible to violaters will cause there to be change in attitudes here. I'm sure that the community where these boys live will certainly rethink arrainged marriages and if they forget they can always go down to the local colmado to see these once "bright futures".
It really bothers me what people would be willing to do to get to the US. I love my country for sure but I don't think people should risk so much to get there when life isn't as bad as the locals make it out to be here.