Border agents are illegally turning away people seeking asylum or refusing to deal with their requests, according to a report released Wednesday by a human rights group. U.S. law requires border agents to refer people who arrive at the border and request asylum to an interview with an asylum officer […]
Los Angeles-area imposter attorney sentenced to prison in marriage fraud scheme
2 May
by Foster, on News
LOS ANGELES — A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens – paid tens of thousands of dollars to be “married” to United States citizens was sentenced Monday to […]
‘They Treated Us Like Criminals’: U.S. Border Crossers Report Severe Reception
2 May
by Foster, on News
By VIVIAN YEE A children’s book author from Australia said she “loathed America” after her interrogation at Los Angeles International Airport. A retired police chief from North Carolina wrote that his customs screening made him “question if this is indeed home.” And when Fadwa Alaoui, 39, a Moroccan-born Canadian, tried […]
By Hansi Lo Wang For the first time in more than a decade, Mexicans no longer make up the majority of immigrants staying in the U.S. illegally, according to new estimates by the Pew Research Center. Their analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows that last year, there were 5.6 […]