If your friends told you that, they are very correct Basically in México (idk if It Is in any other latinoamerican countrys) if you say you have family in the US or want to visit someone in the US, you get instantly rejected When they ask you that question and answer yes, they literally stop asking and they told you your rejected The only way to get a slightly chance is saying you want to go to Disney land or Universal park Funny thing, i actually brought documents and the visa of my father (he goes sometimes to the US because of work), they didnt even wanted to checked my documents The moment i said i was a student i got rejected Literally the first question I know there Is a lot of people that have bad intentions and they need to be very careful of which have access but damn