This recent article  appears to spell trouble for scientology's Sea Org recruitment efforts. For decades, scientology has exploited the immigration laws to bring foreigners into the country under the guise of them being "religious workers." In fact, the vast majority of those so brought in ended up doing menial jobs (housekeepers, gardeners, filers etc etc) that are NOT what this sort of visa is for. It has been a tremendously valuable "hook" to get people from Eastern Europe and Central and South America -- offering them a visa to get into the United States. It is a pretty attractive … [Read more...]