VISA Fraud Investigation

VISA Fraud Investigation A lthough facially a violation of applicable statutes, the State Departm ent may issue a visa to an ineligible alien in order to facilitate an undercover operation conducted by the Immigration and N aturalization Service. Undercover operations often involve facially illegal conduct by governm ent officers, but courts have not held such conduct to be illegal if it is necessary to secure a perm issible law enforcement objective. November 20, 1984 M em orandum O p in io n f o r t h e G eneral Co un sel, I m m ig r a t io n and N a t u r a l iz a t io n S e r v ic e This…