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Nicolas, 26, is illegal in the United States. He came to Florida two years ago for a vacation, but never left, preferring to try the American dream rather than continue living in a France in crisis. Like about 15,000 French people, 10% of the expatriate community in the USA, he is staying illegally in the United States. The young man works in a bar in Miami, earning up to 7,000 euros per month. But to get this job, he had to buy false papers. For identity theft, he faces 5 to 30 years in prison. Boris, a 39-year-old ex-Parisian, tried a sham marriage to make a life for himself in the United States. The scheme didn't work, but the Frenchman finally managed to regularize his situation after 13 years of working illegally and living illegally in New York. -- © All Rights Reserved #reportage #miami #usa