An attorney in Washington state, Alexandra Lozano, is accused of scamming thousands of illegal immigrants by creating fake stories of domestic abuse and human trafficking to apply for humanitarian visas. Lozano’s firm, Luz del Camino Legal, closed this month amid a barrage of allegations. She permanently surrendered her law license rather than face discipline from the bar association, and denies wrongdoing.
Allegations of Fraud
Lozano is accused of 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. 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.
Lozano’s former clients are now scrambling to get their case files from the defunct firm. Hundreds showed up for recent consultations with volunteer attorneys in Washington and Oregon. Many applied to join a lawsuit seeking financial compensation for legal malpractice. Another class action lawsuit aims to recoup their attorney fees.
Immigration Service Scams on the Rise
Federal data shows immigration service scams are rising sharply, with at least 920 immigration service scams reported in 2025. Experts say that’s probably an undercount, given illegal immigrants‘ reluctance to come forward.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
