Enforcement Sweeps Fuel Immigration Scams

Aggressive immigration enforcement creates a market for intermediaries and opens opportunities for fraud: when federal sweeps or high‑profile arrests stoke fear, scammers posing as officers (via WhatsApp, fake court notices, social posts) proliferate and extract life savings from vulnerable migrants. Complaints and reported incidents can spike quickly after targeted enforcement actions, showing a predictable enforcement→exploitation dynamic. — This reframes enforcement policy as not only a legal and logistical issue but also a consumer‑protection and public‑safety problem requiring legal aid, monitoring, and regulatory responses.