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Article: A Lesson In the Law

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October 25, 2005
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Irish Voice
10-25-2005
BEWARE of Greeks bearing gifts and immigration consultants promising green
cards. That is the clear message from the fiasco surrounding the activities
of Christine Owad as revealed in this newspaper last week and again this
week.

Owad, a self-styled immigration specialist, not even a qualified lawyer,
offered legal residence to clients, no matter the circumstances of their
presence in the United States. It seemed too good to be true, and it was.

It is easy to see why. Owad seemed to provide the answer so many young
undocumented Irish in New York desperately sought. She offered a panacea,
legality in return for a few thousand dollars, and better still, it did not
matter what ...

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