Cis iconCisSep 16, 2026

Asylum Fraud on Trial in Latest BIA Opinion

Maybe asylum fraudsters hoped DHS and IJs would miss the fact that many of them were following the "same script", and that they could hide within the backlog of 2.3 million I-589s pending in the immigration courts. As Matter of V-S-A- reveals, now that fraud is on trial, that hope is quickly fading.

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Maybe asylum fraudsters hoped DHS and IJs would miss the fact that many of them were following the "same script", and that they could hide within the backlog of 2.3 million I-589s pending in the immigration...

As Matter of V-S-A- reveals, now that fraud is on trial, that hope is quickly fading.

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Maybe asylum fraudsters hoped DHS and IJs would miss the fact that many of them were following the "same script", and that they could hide within the backlog of 2.3 million I-589s pending in the immigration courts. As Matter of V-S-A- reveals, now that fraud is on trial, that hope is quickly fading.

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