Justice Department officials have declined to investigate 3,700 cases of people receiving asylum after hiring lawyers who were convicted of preparing fraudulent asylum applications.
“DOJ’s refusal to take action in these cases is simply outrageous,” House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., wrote Thursday to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Federal law enforcement officials uncovered “nine separate but overlapping immigration fraud schemes in New York City” involving lawyers who helped Chinese nationals make fraudulent claims for asylum. – READ MORE
