Chinese illegals still in U.S. years after N.Y. asylum fraud ring busted – IOTW Report

Chinese illegals still in U.S. years after N.Y. asylum fraud ring busted

WT: Four years after busting a massive asylum fraud ring in New York, federal agents still haven’t revoked any of the 3,700 potentially bogus cases handled by the fraudsters, raising questions about just how serious the Obama administration is in rooting out immigration scams.

Chinese immigrants, often already living in the U.S. illegally, paid big money to have lawyers, translators and even church officials concoct stories of forced abortions or persecution back home because of their Christian beliefs, bamboozling officials into granting asylum.

The FBI shut down the fraud ring in 2012, and many of the attorneys and their assistants have since pleaded guilty to their roles — but all of those who were approved have not had their cases revisited, much less had their asylum revoked, the administration confirmed to Congress this summer.  MORE

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