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Impact of Trump administration policies on immigration and fraud vulnerability
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Council Member Avilés discusses how the Trump administration's policies have affected immigration and increased vulnerability to fraud. She highlights the destruction of immigration relief and the complications arising from these policies.
- The Trump administration has decimated immigration relief for parolees and temporary protected status recipients
- New policies are complicating access to work permits and threatening green card holders
- Immigrants are becoming scared to access critical services, including healthcare and education
- The desperation caused by these policies makes immigrants more vulnerable to fraudulent providers
- Complexity of immigration law often requires professional legal support, which can lead to subtle forms of fraud if not properly regulated
Alexa Avilés
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There is increasing significant concern around fraud that will occur as access to immigration benefits is destroyed by this current presidential administration.
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The Trump administration has decimated immigration relief for numerous parolees and temporary protected status recipients and is clearly uninterested in stopping this destruct this destruction any time soon.
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The Trump administration is complicating access to work permits, threatening green card holders, making immigrants scared to pay their taxes, to go to the doctor, to take their children to school, and to access critical services.
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The people whose lives are catastrophically changed by this draconian decision making from our current president are likely to become desperate to find ways to protect themselves or their families from deportation.
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Unscrupulous actors prey upon this desperation and immigrants can find themselves overcharged, lied to, and in some instances have their immigration cases irreparably damaged by fraudulent providers.
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In some cases fraud may also be more subtle.
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The complexity of immigration law often requires support from a professional attorney and in New York there are a lot of requirements that service providers must follow to ensure that they do not overstep their jurisdictions and provide legal advice.
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The provision of specific legal information and defense must be a form, must be in the form of a professional lawyer.
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Because without this expertise, immigration cases could be filed improperly and cause significant issues.