The whole "asylum" system, here in the United States and elsewhere, has been horribly abused. Here, as in many of the nations of Europe, too many "migrants" show up at the border, knowing precisely which terms to invoke to constitute a plea for asylum, presuming they will be allowed to stay. In the four years of the hapless Biden administration, they were right most of the time; millions were allowed in, unscreened, unvetted, unknown.
Some of the so-called asylum seekers use a more sophisticated pathway: A lawyer. But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is cracking down on these so-called immigration attorneys. One such, named Suraj Raj Singh, is accused of filing over 118 fraudulent claims. Singh is now facing some hefty fines.
If immigration attorneys commit fraud, they will be held ACCOUNTABLE. @HSI_HQ is seeking a fine of over $474,000 against Attorney Suraj Raj Singh, who filed over 118 fraudulent documents for his clients.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 30, 2026
Under the leadership of @POTUS Trump, we are ENDING the abuse of our… pic.twitter.com/aMVCGbBaXU
If immigration attorneys commit fraud, they will be held ACCOUNTABLE. @HSI_HQ is seeking a fine of over $474,000 against Attorney Suraj Raj Singh, who filed over 118 fraudulent documents for his clients. Under the leadership of @POTUS Trump, we are ENDING the abuse of our immigration system.
DHS's General Counsel, James Percival, weighed in as well.
We have been abundantly clear—if immigration attorneys commit fraud for their clients, the attorneys will be fined. This week, we issued a fine notice to Suraj Raj Singh totaling over $470,000. This attorney filed 118 fraudulent documents. Before President Trump came along,…
— James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) July 30, 2026
We have been abundantly clear—if immigration attorneys commit fraud for their clients, the attorneys will be fined. This week, we issued a fine notice to Suraj Raj Singh totaling over $470,000. This attorney filed 118 fraudulent documents. Before President Trump came along, attorneys like this just got away with it!
$470,000 is a lot of money, and it makes one wonder just who Suraj Raj Singh's clients were, and how much money they paid to have their fraudulent claims written and filed. To draw the maximum penalty, as this is said to be, it stands to reason that it wasn't just 118 people, but 118 well-funded people. So, where are those people now? What are they doing?
Singh's work appears not only to have been fraudulent, but careless and incompetent as well.
According to DHS, asylum declarations submitted in support of Singh's clients' applications were "identical or nearly identical in language and substance," containing the same or substantially similar factual narratives and supporting details describing alleged persecution.
That's not just careless. It's laughable. So, it seems that this Singh constituted some of the lowest of low-hanging fruit, but there have to be more of this sort out there, and that's for sure and for certain. And, we might note, Singh isn't the first such fake to be busted by DHS, and hopefully won't be the last.
While this is good work, it raises one question: Where are the (presumably) 118 people who gained access to the United States via this fraud? Are they being sought for a well-deserved repatriation back to wherever they came from? Because that seems an essential step towards ending this kind of fraud.
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