Originally Posted by
yyzvoyageur
That's pretty bad advice, unless you really are coming to see your brother. The last thing a foreign national would want to do is get caught up in his own web of lies with an Immigration officer. It's asking for trouble.
That's assuming you're coming to see family. I would be partially cautious about that, since they may think that if you have family here, you may stay illegally - this depends on where you're coming from.
Main point is, people should never say more than they have to, and should never say they're coming here to see a girlfriend/boyfriend or a fiance. That's a big red flag for CBP. It shouldn't be, but it is.