U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an alert about a massive fraud targeting thousands of immigrants, involving former attorney Alexandra Lozano, who is accused of making fraudulent applications. humanitarian visas fraudulent.
USCIS said in a statement on June 26 that Lozano resigned her license to practice law from the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) to avoid disciplinary action. Lozano is permanently barred from practicing law in that state.
“Lozano closed his law firm on June 10, 2026. On June 18, 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) suspended Lozano’s authorization to practice law before the Department of Homeland Security (which includes USCIS), the Immigration Courts, and the Board,” the immigration agency said.
There could be thousands affected.
Her firm, formerly known as Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law and later Luz del Camino Legal, closed permanently in June amid a barrage of allegations. The bar association says Lozano's firm appears in more than 53,000 pending cases.
However, the entity indicates that it is still unclear how many of these cases were fraudulent or to what extent its clients were complicit.
According to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), Lozano's firm had offices across the country, meaning immigrants in other states could be affected. Although the firm did not have a physical office in North Carolina, it operated remotely in several states.
Lozano was known as the “miracle lawyer” for winning “impossible” immigration cases, and was an influential woman in Seattle, who was named one of the 40 people under 40 by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
None of the clients were receiving USCIS summonses
Recently, North Carolina immigration attorney Helen Parsonage, of Helen Parsonage Attorney at Law, warned on her social media about this fraud.
“If you are one of the tens of thousands of clients who paid this attorney to file your applications on your behalf, know that USCIS is aware of the situation,” he said.
“Don’t do anything without first consulting a lawyer. Lozano had everything sent to her. Clients don’t receive biometric data notifications or interview summonses,” Parsonage added.
She created false stories of domestic abuse and human trafficking.
Lozano is accused of allegedly submitting applications for humanitarian visas such as: VAWA, T and U, invented or without the knowledge of the clients; of charging high sums (more than $30,000) and using unqualified personnel to provide legal advice, according to several lawsuits.
Lozano, who faces a massive federal civil lawsuit and a legal ethics investigation, has denied any wrongdoing, according to a statement. release sent to its customers.
The lawsuits accuse Lozano and his firm of negligence, fraud, breach of contract, and violations of civil law.
Lozano's firm would question clients about problems at home or at work, and then turn them into cases of abuse that did not reach the threshold of these humanitarian programs.
According to lawyers representing dozens of his former clients, as a result, several of them have faced problems seeking permanent residency since their claims were subjected to greater scrutiny.
He hired staff in other countries
The former lawyer is also accused of hiring workers who do not have the appropriate legal credentials and to build an assembly line system to expedite the processing of applications, even going so far as to copy customers' signatures onto documents they had never seen.
According to the accusations, Lozano hired hundreds of employees in Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina to provide legal advice to clients and manage visa applications, which means that their clients never received consultations from a lawyer licensed in the United States.
Exponential increase in requests
The alleged fraud perpetrated by Lozano coincides with an exponential increase in applications for visas for domestic abuse and human trafficking.
In a December statement from USCIS, the Trump administration described “rampant fraud” the excessive increase in VAWA visas, which tripled between fiscal years 2020 and 2025, going from almost 15,000 applications to more than 53,000 per year.
The agency said it saw a 2239% increase in parents who filed domestic abuse petitions between 2020 and 2024, “something that has not been traditional in populations that request VAWA.”
“When unskilled aliens misuse the VAWA program, they cause significant delays in processing applications, harming survivors with legitimate claims,” the agency said.
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What to do if you were a client of Alexandra Lozano?
If you have a pending case being processed by Lozano's firm, authorities recommend taking immediate action:
Retrieve the file: The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) recommends applying through them. You can email them at ogc@wsba.org.
Update address: If USCIS was sending correspondence to the attorney's former office, it is vital that the address be updated directly with the agency. You can access the link Change of Address Procedure or call: 1-800-375-5283.
Find a reputable lawyer: It is recommended to seek a licensed and reputable immigration attorney to review the case and determine whether the application should be amended or withdrawn.
You can also go to Lozano's firm's website, where the steps to follow to transfer cases and requests for reimbursement of legal fees are also indicated.
In addition, you can see the Civil Legal Action against Alexandra Lozano, where instructions are also given for affected customers to take action.
USCIS statement: Important Notice for Clients of Former Immigration Attorney Alexandra Lozano
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