LA County Planning Restrictions on Immigrant Fraud
Los Angeles County Supervisors are considering cracking down on unscrupulous immigrants who take advantage of their naïve countrymen. Recently, officials voted 5-0... Read More
Brazen Marriage Fraud: Cuban Woman Marries Ten Men within Ten Years
Cuban Yosandra Piedra Vasquez has been busy. During the 10 years between 2002 and 2012, she accepted cash to marry ten illegal... Read More
Asylum Claims Rife with Fraud
Summer has officially begun, and with it the surge of Central Americans into the Southwest United States. In its June 16 op-ed,... Read More
Pointless Diversity Visa Overdue for Cancellation
Every year, the State Department issues millions of visas under dozens of categories for purposes as varied as working in agriculture, having... Read More
Botched USCIS Computer Implementation Costs Big, Leaves Gaping Loopholes for Terrorists, Fraud
Whenever I’m asked about the government’s ability to manage immigration programs, I always answer that after nearly 30 years of immigration research,... Read More
Outrage! U.S., Mexico Collude to Grant Aliens Asylum Based on Fraudulent Claims
In July, I wrote Asylum Claims Soar; Everyone Wants to Come to America about the Associated Press’ alarming report that during the... Read More
Former INS employee, 6 others indicted in marriage fraud scheme
Immigration discussions usually focus on lax border security or on the need to punish employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. Rarely discussed... Read More
More Document Fraud: Nearly One Million U.S.-VISIT Visas Have Fingerprint, Name Mismatches
During the first year of my long career as an English as a Second Language teacher, one of my administrative challenges was... Read More
Unintended Consequences of Obama's Prosecutorial Deception
For the past two weeks politicians, the media, pundits and others have attempted to provide their perspectives on the travesty that President... Read More
Thirty sought in illegal driver's license scheme
Fraud comes in two fundamental categories–fraudulent schemes and fraudulent documents. Fraudulent schemes are generally criminal conspiracies in which two or more individuals... Read More