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Green card debacles like the one presented in "The Proposal" are common in movies and TV. Executive Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is in a jam when she is threatened by the INS with deportation to Canada. The demanding boss forces her willing assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to keep her visa status legal.<br>
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We take a look at other deportation moments, pointing out the life lessons learned as often creative solutions may or may not turn out as intended.

Proposing deportation

( Kerry Hayes / Associated Press )

Green card debacles like the one presented in "The Proposal" are common in movies and TV. Executive Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is in a jam when she is threatened by the INS with deportation to Canada. The demanding boss forces her willing assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to keep her visa status legal.

We take a look at other deportation moments, pointing out the life lessons learned as often creative solutions may or may not turn out as intended.

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