United States Lawyer Charged with Forging an Immigration Document

By US Immigration Bond Expert | January 20, 2016

US Immigration Bonds & Insurance Services reports that on Wednesday, January 13, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorney was charged with forging a document. The ICE attorney made it look as though a Mexican citizen who wished to stay inside the United States was not eligible to stay.

Jonathan M. Love in US District Court in Seattle was charged with a misdemeanor charge of depriving a Mexican man of his rights. These charges follow a civil case that was filed last year against Love and the federal government by an Ignacio Lanuza who sought damages for the legal costs he suffered due to the incident. The civil case against Love was dismissed and appealed, but the case against the federal government continues.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office claim that Lanuza was stopped by an ICE officer in 2008 and was detained. ICE began removal proceedings where Love was assigned to the case in 2009. Love submitted a document to the Immigration Court that said Lanuza gave up his right to appear before an immigration judge after he was apprehended by Border Patrol agents in 2000. Love claimed that since Lanuza left the country and had not been residing in the US for 10 consecutive years, it would make him ineligible to petition his removal. Love claimed that the document was signed by Lanuza in 2000; however, Lanuza and federal prosecutors say that he did not sign the document and that Love forged it.

In doing so, while acting as an ICE attorney, Love deprived Lanuza of his constitutional rights, including the right to a “full and fair immigration removal proceeding free from false and fabricated evidence”. The nationwide immigration bond suppliers hope that the Department of Homeland Security will review all the cases that Love has handled to determine whether there are other victims who are in need of relief. The charges against Love are an important step to establish accountability and will send a clear message that all people are entitled to a fair hearing.

Posted in Immigration Bonds, Immigration News

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