Shannakay Hunter: U.S. Army

Joshua Priest Dept: Prosecutors say Shannakay Hunter was an a illegal immigrant who conspired with Joshua Priest, then a private in the U.S. Army to enter into marriage so she could get a "green card" and regain her legal status, as well as receive military benefits such as health care for herself and her two children. Priest, 23, in turn received Army housing and subsistence benefits provided to married soldiers. The government contends their May 2010 marriage in Junction City was never consummated and the couple never lived together, according to Vancouver Sun. Which portrayal of Hunter prevails fraud or loving wife will be determined during a three-day trial that begins Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wichita, Kansas. Hunter faces charges of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud and making a false statement to the government. If convicted she faces up to five years in prison on each count, although she would likely get far less, if any, prison time under federal sentencing guidelines. But she would likely be deported and wICHITA, Kan. - A Jamaican woman accused of entering into a "sham marriage" with a U.S. soldier faces a federal trial Tuesday during which jurors must decide whether she wed for love or for immigration purposes. But the defence in its court filings has portrayed the 28-year-old Jamaican immigrant, who lives in Bronx, New York, as a hardworking mother who admittedly overstayed her visa but married for love and that her husband only made the allegations of fraud out of anger. The defence plans to call as a witness the victim advocate who took care of Hunter after an alleged domestic abuse incident in Junction City involving Priest. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.