U.S. launches new program against immigration fraud

The New York Times reports that the U.S. government has begun a new campaign to protect immigrants from people posing as immigration lawyers.

Often referred to as “notarios” by members of the Latino community, people engaged in the unauthorized practice of law – posing as lawyers and submitting applications to immigration officials on behalf of their immigrant victims – often cause irreparable damage to their victims, often causing immigrants to be deported because of their unlawful actions.

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