Secret US immigration loophole EXPOSED: It was created to fight crime, but the victims' visa is bulging to 400,000 cases and migrants stage FAKE robberies to get one

To onlookers, they look just like regular robberies — thugs pulling knives or guns on victims in gas stations, restaurants or parking lots, punching them and making off with a purse or a wallet.

In reality, the stick up is fake, and the attacker is being paid by their 'victim,' most often an illegal immigrant who is staging the underhand ruse to secure a permanent home in the US.

A certificate from the cops describing them as a victim of crime is all they need to apply for a U-visa, which for irregular migrants is a ticket to work permits and green cards.