Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements
ICE Reallocates Resources to Investigate Use of Fraudulent Documents at Southwest Border
ICE announced the reallocating resources to investigate the use of fraudulent documents to “create fake families seeking to exploit U.S. immigration laws.” During April 2019, HSI conducted about 100 family unit interviews and have found evidence of fraud in “more than a quarter of cases.”
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19050232.
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