The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a new directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), empowering the agency to crack down on attorneys who commit fraud while seeking asylum for illegal immigrants.
ICE has been asked to develop anti-fraud policies to further implement Title 8, Section 1324c(d) of the U.S. Code, a law related to document fraud violations, DHS said in a May 26 statement.
According to DHS, immigration attorneys who represent illegal immigrants “frequently coach” clients to hide their past and lie in their asylum claims. Under the new directive, ICE attorneys can initiate enforcement actions against immigration lawyers who file false asylum claims in immigration courts….