The increase in consumer complaints comes as President-elect Donald Trump promises 'mass deportation' in his second term.
New York City's migrant influx over the last two years has been accompanied by another surge — this time in the number of consumer complaints alleging fraud, shoddy work and other wrongful conduct by immigration services providersComplaints to the statewide Office of New Americans immigration hotline more than doubled over the last year, from 21 in 2023 to 58 thus far in 2024, according to Liz Markuci, director of hotline services at Catholic Charities in New York, which runs the state...
Immigration attorneys attribute the growing complaints to New York City's migrant influx, which has numbered more than 220,000 since 2022; the prevalence of online scams; and the shifting terrain of immigration policy. Some complainants allege they squandered thousands of dollars in the process.
Noncitizens with attorneys are more likely to be released from detention, appear in immigration court, and win their deportation cases, according to a 2016 American Immigration Council But gaps in immigration legal services continue, and those waiting for help may in desperation turn to dubious practitioners, attorneys said.
In reality, the bar to get a “green card” is much higher. An immigrant must be in deportation court proceedings, and also prove certain family members would suffer "extreme unusual, and exceptional hardship" if the applicant is not granted a green card,In other scenarios, attorneys or people posing as attorneys promise help filing applications for asylum or work permits — only to never provide the promised help.
A Venezuelan asylum-seeker named Helen, who asked that her last name be withheld due to fears of jeopardizing her immigration case, told Gothamist she paid $1,500 to someone who held themselves out as a lawyer for help filing an asylum application .Helen said she knows several other asylum-seekers who have fallen prey to similar scams.
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