Source: Fox News
Summary
Mayra Collins, a 29-year-old woman from Brownsville, Texas, is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly impersonating an immigration officer in a multi-year visa fraud scheme. She is accused of posing as a federal immigration officer and taking money from four victims by falsely representing that she could expedite the process for obtaining U.S. visas. Collins is also accused of impersonating a Border Patrol agent and telling one victim that they needed to send her money for uniforms and ballistic vests to begin employment with Border Patrol. She is facing up to 20 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
Mayra Collins, a resident of Brownsville, Texas, is facing federal fraud charges. She allegedly impersonated an immigration officer and took money from four victims. Collins also allegedly impersonated a Border Patrol agent.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Collins “never worked for the United States” and “had no power to provide victims of her schemes with Visas or employment” with Border Patrol.
The case is part of a larger investigation into a massive fraud scheme involving the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota.
Lora Ries, an immigration policy expert, noted that the complexity of immigration law and the fragmented immigration bureaucracy create an environment conducive to fraud.
Once again, the discussion returns to a familiar question: how to prevent such fraud and simplify the immigration system.
