hereswhykevin Immigrants living in the United States are growing desperate under Donald Trump’s threat of mass deportations and they’re being taken advantage of. According to a ProPublica analysis of more than 6,200 complaints filed over the last five years with the FTC, reports of immigration fraud have doubled since President Trump returned office — nearly 2,000 of those reports were from 2025 alone. At least $94.4 million reported stolen from immigrants who thought they were complying with the law in order to avoid deportation. These scammers exploit fear and confusion, often using AI-generated photos and targeted social media ads on platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok to pose as immigration lawyers, ICE agents, immigration judges or nonprofit officials. Victims are frequently lured into paying thousands for fake legal services, fraudulent “residency” documents, or phony virtual court hearings. One woman named Urbina was deported after she paid nearly $10,000 to a person she was led to believe was an immigration attorney. That “attorney” set up an elaborate virtual immigration hearing with a “judge” who granted Urbina residency and promised her that her documents would arrive in the mail. They told Urbina to skip her in-person court date. When she told officials what happened, she was arrested, shackled and put on a plane back to Nicaragua. A college student in West Virginia was told by an “ICE agent” that if he didn’t pay $4,000 in virtual gift cards he would be arrested. A 56-year-old man in Florida was scammed out of $15,000 from a fake immigration attorney who promised he could get help him obtain permanent residency. Source: ProPublica - - - #HeresWhy #Immigration #AbolishICE #Trending #News View all 33 comments