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“Her story is one of many examples of undocumented immigrants duped into giving money to scammers in exchange for coveted U.S. residency documents. It is a crime that goes largely unreported, despite laws in place to protect fraud victims, because victims are too skittish to report.
“It’s hard for people to tell their story, because they are afraid. They don’t trust the government, they don’t want to jeopardize their status, and they don’t want to be deported,” said Wendy Rutherford, who spent nearly a year compiling anecdotes for the Community Action Project, a federation of churches and community organizations based in Brooklyn that advocates for immigrant rights.”
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