Bartender Eric Holmes contends the management, which also operates the Adrian Hotel to the north and an apartment building to the south, discriminated against him. The bill alleges management of Adrian Art Deco Rivera Hotels and Restaurants, Inc. jerked him around not only because of where he wasn't born, but also because he refused to accept money to marry a Romanian. Three sources contacted by New Times supported Holmes's claim that hotel administrators, mostly Romanian natives, have offered employees money to wed Romanians. If the allegation is true, this would constitute a violation of federal immigration laws. Neither owners nor management of the Adrian would comment about the claims.
Marriage is often the best route to permanent residency for immigrants.
A nonresident who marries an American citizen or permanent resident must jump through several procedural hoops before receiving status. First, there's plenty of paperwork. Although it is illegal to marry someone solely for the purpose of securing residency in the United States, it is a common practice. One officer of the corporation that owns the Adrian complex is Adrian Alexandru, a Romanian-born veterinarian from New York City who began buying Miami Beach real estate in the late Eighties. Inc. He is not named in Holmes's bill.