Fraud Tracker
Tracking the latest news on immigration fraud so you don’t have to.
Former Airline Staffing Exec Gets Prison for Immigration Fraud
The former vice president of operations for two airline-staffing companies was sentenced in San Diego federal court to just over one year in prison for making false statements in support of residency petitions for dozens of the companies' mechanics.
Man deported after disgruntled ex-girlfriend reports him to ICE
As reported by the New York Post, you don’t even have to accuse a US citizen or permeant resident to reap the benefits of a U visa. A Kansas based illegal immigrant got her illegal ex boyfriend deported in a fit of pique and filed for a U visa.
U Visas – A Hidden Homeland Security Vulnerability
According to Domestic Preparedness, the extensive fraud from U visa applicants is causing homeland security vulnerability. In addition to foreign nationals falsely accusing US citizens of heinous crimes and tying up the justice system, it breeds corruption within law enforcement, and gives malicious actors a way to launder their immigration status.
Immigration attorney pleads guilty to filing more than 250 false visa applications
As reported by the DOJ, CIS, Breitbart and Fox, an Indianapolis based immigration attorney pled guilty to filing over 250 false U visas, raking in over $750,000 for filing false documentation to USCIS. He received six years in prison for his crimes.
Liberian national found guilty of immigration fraud, perjury
Mohammed Jabbateh, 51, aka “Jungle Jabbah” a citizen of Liberia, lied about his activities during Liberia’s first civil war when applying for immigration benefits. Jabbateh was not truthful about his activities as a member of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) and later ULIMO-K, rebel groups that battled for control of Liberia. Jabbateh was a battalion commander in ULIMO and ULIMO-K from approximately 1992 through 1995.
A New Immigration Racket Emerges: Green Cards For Fake Abuse Victims
As reported by the Daily Caller, there are major fraud implications with VAWA with people falsely accusing other people for fast track visas and with gross mismanagement of VAWA grants.
Obama Backdoor Amnesty Provided ‘U visas’ For 140,000 Illegal Aliens
According to Breitbart, as early as 2017, the U visa program saw exponentially expanding numbers of applicants, and despite the supposed yearly cap on applications, it helped over 140,000 illegal aliens obtain pathways to citizenship.
Immigrant women fear deportation under Trump if they report domestic abuse, advocates say
According to activist speaking to the Chicago Tribune, despite the fact that the U visa is widely pushed in illegal immigrant communities, Trump is so orange and mean that illegal immigrants are scared to come forward and commit immigration fraud.
Texas Sheriff Actively Promoting Visas for Illegal Immigrants
As reported by Fox 7 Austin and Breitbart, at the behest of Sally Hernandez, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office used residences’ taxes to provide pamphlets about U visa benifits to all illegal aliens that come into contact with law enforcement to counteract SB4, the anti sanctuary city law.
U.S. charges three Iraqi refugees with immigration fraud
Three Iraqi refugees in Virginia were charged with immigration fraud on Tuesday after failing to disclose their relationship to a man who was involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Iraq in 2004, the Justice Department said.
Grassley, Goodlatte Probe U Visa, Immigration Parole Practices Following Fraud & Overreach
In December 2016, the U.S. House and Senate Judiciary Committees opened an probe into widespread fraud and abuse being reported as part of VAWA and the U-visa program. They concluded the “visa is being exploited by those wishing to defraud the system and avoid deportation.”
Migrants preying on Americans with false tales of abuse to stay in US, experts say
As reported by Fox News and the Jewish Press, American college student accused and convicted of stalking by his Mongolian girlfriend to obtain a U visa so she and her family could become legal US residents.
Illegal immigrants make up rape and sex assault claims 'to stay in the U.S. longer’
As reported by the Daily Mail, in 2015 273 illegal immigrants slated for deportation suddenly claimed they had been raped, ostensibly to halt their deportation proceedings and obtain U visas. 36 of the claims were demonstrably untrue, and 54 lacked enough evidence to even substantiate that the event occurred.
The US Immigration U Visa: Is it a Shortcut to get Permanent Residency?
As noted by Soapboxie, the U visa system is so ripe for fraud, you don’t have to be a lawyer or super savvy person to realize that fact.
Nineteen Defendants Charged with Marriage and Visa Immigration Fraud
As reported by WJTV and CIS, a veteran Jackson, MS police officer was charged with falsifying police reports for accusers seeking U visas. As noted by the Department of Justice, a local attorney was indicted for submitting these false documents to USCIS. In addition to the U visa fraud ring with 16 counts of fraud brought to trial, a marriage fraud ring was detected in Jackson, MS in this 2016 investigation, with 16 counts of fraud brought to trial. 12 defendants wound up pleading guilty.
Immigration Relief Possible In Return For Crime Victims' Cooperation
As reported by NPR, it’s really mean to make illegal aliens fill out U visa paperwork that allows them to flaunt all our immigration laws and skip to the front of the line with their families. Probably we should use our taxes to hirer people fill the forms out for them, even though we already use our taxes as slush funds for left wing immigration attorneys that should do that.
California shooter was not fully investigated before U.S. visa was issued
U.S. authorities in Pakistan could have sought - but did not - a full background security investigation of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2014, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Illegals Yell ‘Crime,’ Get Status
As reported by LifeZette, between 2008 and 2015 over 65,000 illegal aliens and 50,500 of their family members have used the U visa program to obtain legal status in the United States, morphing the program into a backdoor immigration program.
U.S. Labor Department expands its support of victims of human trafficking and other crimes
In 2015 the US Labor Department, expanded their practice of certifying U visas to certifying T visas, so illegally employed illegal immigrants can snitch on or falsely accuse their employers and benefactors, and receive a US visa as a reward.
Local Immigration Lawyer Arrested On Federal Charges
As noted by the US Department of Justice, a Dallas based immigration attorney was arrested in 2015 on seven counts of various types of fraud related to her practice of allegedly obtaining false U visas for her clients. She later plead guilty to aggravated identity theft when she used a police officer’s badge number, and forged his signature to falsely certify a client’s U visa paperwork. She was only sentenced to 24 months in jail.