[CNN] Thousands of immigrants got scammed by an attorney exploiting humanita

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📌 标题:Thousands of immigrants got scammed by an attorney exploiting humanitarian visas, lawsuits say

📅 发布时间:Updated Jun 29, 2026, 7:52 AM ET

📝 英文原文:
AP—An attorney in Washington state promised “miracles” to tens of thousands of immigrants seeking legal status in the United States.Instead,Alexandra Lozanocreated fake stories of domestic abuse and human trafficking to apply forhumanitarian visaswithout her clients’ knowledge, according to several lawsuits and a legal ethics investigation. They say she preyed on immigrants’ desperation to drain their bank accounts while leaving them at risk ofdeportation.She is accused hiring workers who didn’t have proper legal credentials and building an assembly-line system to rush through applications, even copying clients’ signatures onto documents they never saw.“I put the trust of my family with her,” 30-year-old Gabriel Martinez Garcia said. After they paid $30,000, he said Lozano duped his family and got his mother placed in removal proceedings despite her marriage to a naturalized U.S. citizen. “We believed in her and then she just let us down.”Lozano’s firm, Luz del Camino Legal, closed this month amid a barrage of allegations. She permanentlysurrendered her law licenserather than face discipline from the bar association, and denies wrongdoing.While federal data shows immigration service scams are rising sharply, Lozano’s alleged scheme stands out for its scale. The bar says her signature is on more than 53,000 pending cases.It’s unclear how many cases were fraudulent or to what extent her clients were complicit. The ones suing her say they had no idea.The consequences of her downfall are hitting the immigration system “like a tidal wave,” said Erika Gonzalez, an attorney with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.The Trump administration last year started overhauling the humanitarian programs Lozano allegedly exploited, claiming a surge in applications since 2020 was a sign of widespread fraud. The administration tightened the programs’ restrictions and slowed processing rates, which advocacy groups say will hurt legitimate victims.The visas are meant for peo

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
美联社——华盛顿州的一名律师向数以万计在美国寻求合法身份的移民许诺“奇迹”。相反,根据几起诉讼和一项法律道德调查,亚历山德拉·洛萨诺在客户不知情的情况下编造了家庭暴力和人口贩运的虚假故事,以申请人道主义签证。他们说,她利用移民的绝望来耗尽他们的银行账户,同时让他们面临被驱逐出境的风险。她被指控雇用了不这样做的工人



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