Unpacking an Asylum Fraud Case That Contains So Much Absurdity
avatar By Bob Dane April 14, 2021 1 Comment
A Nigerian man who entered this country on a stolen British passport, fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship and ended up working as a federal immigration officer has, finally, landed in court.
Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, 48, faces a single count of “unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship.†But this bizarre, two-decade-long chain of events raises countless intriguing questions.
First, the background.
Ifemembi entered the U.S. on a France-to-Chicago flight in 2000. After immigration agents in the Windy City detained Ifemembi – who admitted to passport fraud – he was granted asylum. Approval was based on false claims that his name was “Karlos Mourfy†and a native of Sierra Leone.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/04/14/fraud-case-key-questions-raised-immigrationreform-com/
