I was offered money to do this since I was single for a long time

[theking]

..but I refused and was brutally honest with the Hmong elderly dude that asked me to help him out for money in the mid-90s:

"some said they have seen fathers ask their sons or other young relatives to marry their girlfriends overseas so they can come to the United States."

International marriages come under criticism in Hmong community
More Hmong advocates and others are speaking out against child brides and other practices.

http://www.startribune.com/international-marriages-come-under-criticism-in-hmong-community/339129011/