US couples with a noncitizen partner: did you decide to get married because of immigration policy concerns?

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Amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign, some couples with a foreign-born partner who live in the US are considering getting married as the safest and most affordable way to stay together in the long term.

Since the month Trump was re-elected in November 2024, the New York City marriage bureau recorded a 33% increase in marriage license applications, the City first reported.

Although it’s hard to say how many unmarried transnational couples there are in the US, in 2021, 12.4% of all married couples included a foreign spouse, the highest percentage on record.

If you’re part of a couple with a foreign-born partner whom you’re not yet married to or whom you recently wed, we’d like to hear from you.

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