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Asylum-fraud crackdown is another key step in fixing the US immigration system

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In yet another crucial crackdown on fraud, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is at last going after lawyers who file blatantly bogus asylum claims — another too-long tolerated abuse of immigration laws.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week issued a notice to fine attorney Suraj Raj Singh, who runs a nationwide immigration practice representing mostly Indian asylum seekers.

Alleging that Singh filed 118 cut-and-paste documents across 54 immigration cases, the agency is seeking the maximum fine — nearly $500,000.

A month earlier, ICE similarly fined attorney Vinod Doddamani over $250,000, alleging he filed 64 fraudulent documents in 32 asylum cases.

The fines follow a May directive from DHS General Counsel James Percival ordering a crackdown on fraudulent asylum claims.

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