When Immigrants Are Vulnerable to Scams
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 8, 2017
The "ID4ICE" is an identification card that promises to protect undocumented immigrants against ICE deportations, but legal experts say no such protection exists.
Beth Fertig, senior reporter covering courts & legal affairs at WNYC, and Pablo Gutierrez, Telemundo 47 investigative reporter, share reporting on their joint investigation into a man — who is a convicted felon and is not a lawyer, who is nevertheless certified to represent immigrants in court by the DOJ — and is now selling cards that claim to protect his clients from deportation.
