Scammers on the prowl for personal information and with the goal of extorting money, are posing as immigration agents and other government entities and are doing so over the phone, using fake Department of Homeland Security (DHS) numbers.
A former employee of the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was arrested again in El Paso, Texas, for impersonating an attorney and defrauding numerous legal and undocumented immigrants. Federico Garcia Jr. 44, who has been convicted twice before of defrauding immigrants, pleaded guilty to the charges ... Read more
Friends, I will be doing my first Facebook Live sessions for Univision during which I will be answering viewers' questions about immigration. The first Facebook Live will be today, Monday, April 3 for Univision Noticias at 7 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. CT/ 4 p.m. PT. In addition to answering questions, I will talk about how to avoid being a victim of ... Read more
This week in my Consulta Migratoria® column I answer a reader's question. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on the immigration history of each person. Here I provide a general answer to your questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before beginning any process. This ... Read more
Because immigration law is complex, I always recommend that you seek the best legal representation possible, especially if you have complicated cases. Only licensed attorneys or federally accredited representatives can give legal advice. But unfortunately, as in any profession, there are bad apples. It is important to emphasize that although there are unscrupulous lawyers, they do act in a ... Read more
In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week I explain what it is, who is eligible and how to obtain asylum in the United States. This is the column: Recently, it has been mentioned a lot in the media that there are immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. But this benefit is difficult to obtain because there are strict requirements for it to be ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column I answer a reader's question. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here I provide a general answer to your questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before beginning any process. This is the column: ... Read more
In my column this week in La Opinión, I answer questions from readers. These are general answers. Each case is different, so you should consult an attorney for personalized legal advice. I have been the victim of a notary public who promised to fix my permanent residency. I paid him thousands of dollars to help me ... Read more
The announcement that the U.S. government would halt "low priority" deportations gave hope to thousands of immigrants whose cases are before the immigration courts. But it also attracted scam artists on the prowl for vulnerable people desperately seeking to stay in the country. The new immigration policy is not an amnesty, ... Read more
When the U.S. government announced last week that it would halt "low priority" deportations, it gave flight to the hopes of thousands of undocumented immigrants - and to unscrupulous people who want to take advantage of those people and swindle them out of their money and their dreams. The new immigration policy of President Obama's Administration ... Read more
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