GreenCard anda Demandfor Sex No problems so far, the immigration agent told the American citizen and his 22—year— old Colombian wife at her green card interview in December.

An Agent, a GreenCard anda Demandfor Sex No problems so far, the immigration agent told the American citizen and his 22—year— old Colombian wife at her green card interview in December. After he stapled one of their wedding photos to her application for legal permanent residency, he had just one more question: What was her cellphone number? The calls from the agent started three days later. He hinted, she said, at his power to derail her life and deport her relatives, alluding to a brush she had with the law before her marriage. He summoned her to a private meeting. And at noon on Dec. 21, in a parked car on Queens Boulevard, he named his price — not realizing that she was recording everything on the digital camera in her purse. "1 want sex," he said on the recording. "One or two times. That’s all. Youget your green card. You won’t have to see me anymore." She reluctantly agreed to a future meeting. But when she tried to leave his car, he demanded oral sex "now," to "know that you’re serious.” And despite her protests, she said, he got his way. The 16-minute recording, which the woman first took to The New York Times and then to the Queens district attorney, suggests the vast power of low-level immigration law enforcers, and a growing desperation on the part of immigrants seeking legal status. The aftermath, which included the arrest of an immigration agent last week, underscores the difficulty and danger of making a complaint, even in the rare case when abuse of power may have been caught on tape. No one knows how widespread sexual blackmail is, but the case echoes other instances of sexual coercion that have surfaced in recent years, including agents criminally charged in Atlanta, Miami and Santa Ana, Calif. And it raises broader questions about the system’s vulnerability to corruption at a time when millions of noncitizens live in a kind of legal no- man’s land, increasingly fearful of seeking the law’s protection. Occasionally; a reporterwill not lead with the main point andl instead starts with some scene—setting or an anecdote When thathappens the lede may come later in the story, but it still tells you what the main point is. F ind the story’s lede and circle it. Circle examples of direct and indirectevidence. Circle examples of context. How close does the reportercome to opening the freezer? Explain