Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.

Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.
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Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders

Con artists posing as ICE agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems. As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.

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