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• Brock Lee

  

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  this question was inspired by the recent news article about an illegal immigrant single mother who won more than a million dollars but sent her legal immigrant uncle to claim it for her, and then the uncle took the money for himself.

  some posters suggested it would have been wiser to claim it herself and use the money to hire a really good immigration lawyer, or that it would be better to be deported but have a million dollars anyway. some said you shouldn't play in the first place so you don't end up in a situation like this. cases like this also make you wonder how many times illegal immigrants have much smaller amounts stolen after sending a relative to claim, but don't bother to press charges because the amount stolen isn't enough to justify deportation risk.

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• Tone43

  

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  This is heartbreaking indeed
  for a person who has so little and have had the opportunity to improve their lives financially, and have it taken from them is heartbreaking indeed
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  the news is fake anyway,
• Brock Lee

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by wander73 on Aug 8, 2026

  the news is fake anyway,

  thank you for your viewpoint. i watched her interview on univision. do you think she was a paid actress?

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• Lotto Motto

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Brock Lee on Aug 7, 2026

  this question was inspired by the recent news article about an illegal immigrant single mother who won more than a million dollars but sent her legal immigrant uncle to claim it for her, and then the uncle took the money for himself.

  some posters suggested it would have been wiser to claim it herself and use the money to hire a really good immigration lawyer, or that it would be better to be deported but have a million dollars anyway. some said you shouldn't play in the first place so you don't end up in a situation like this. cases like this also make you wonder how many times illegal immigrants have much smaller amounts stolen after sending a relative to claim, but don't bother to press charges because the amount stolen isn't enough to justify deportation risk.

  I thought you were talking about the woman a few years back who had an illegal cousin win a huge lottery and asked her to claim for him since he didn't want to risk deportation and she gave him a small amount and claimed that was what he really won not the huge amount he actually won. He was furious and sued her and won.