Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders

Jasmir Urbina, an asylum-seeker from Nicaragua, was scammed by a fraudster posing as a lawyer from Catholic Charities, leading to her deportation after paying $10,000 in fees. The scam occurred amid heightened fear of Trump's mass deportation efforts, with victims targeted by fake immigration services.