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.
The New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn sentenced Howard Seidler to two to four years in prison for impersonating an immigration attorney. According to investigators, the 70-year-old charged thousands of dollars for immigration services he never provided. Seidler pleaded guilty in ... Read more
In my column Consulta Migratoria® I explain under what circumstances an immigrant can be adopted and obtain permanent residency or citizenship and warn about a scam to which hundreds of undocumented immigrants were victims. In this column I provide general information. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before ... Read more
Following an investigation by the FBI and ICE, federal authorities in Sacramento arrested Helaman Hansen for fraud, conspiracy and defrauding immigrants. Hansen is accused of operating a fraudulent program that promised undocumented adults U.S. citizenship through adoption, charging up to $$10,000 for the service. According to the Department ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column I answer a reader's question. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here I provide a general answer to your questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before beginning any process. This is the column: ... Read more
A former NYPD officer duped a group of immigrants by promising to get them valid driver's licenses and help them with asylum and withholding of removal applications, bilking them out of nearly $$14,000. Miguel A. Rodriguez, 53, pleaded guilty to defrauding ... Read more
This week in my La Opinión column I answer a reader's question about a very important issue for the immigrant community: the misuse of immigration consultants for legal advice. I went to an immigration consultant in Los Angeles who promised to help me fix my papers. I paid him thousands of dollars but ... 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
Constantine Peter Kallas, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prosecutor, was sentenced Monday to 17 years and six months in prison for receiving half a million dollars in bribes from undocumented immigrants, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The former ICE official faced a total of 36 counts of ... Read more
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