immigration law abuses

An excellent article on the subject of immigration law, and how there's a new and growing class of criminal activity centered around immigrants trying to enter the United States, called Welcome to America: How immigrants are ripped off, points to two types of abuses: "people who practice immigration law without a license and attorneys who exploit immigrants." This country was founded as a place that immigrants could flee to. It shouldn't become a place where they are exploited and deported.

Later: Another article on this subject, called The Snakehead Lawyers, via Ernie the Attorney. While both articles consider the problem from a national perspective, the first has more of a California slant, while the Snakehead Lawyers discusses more examples from New York City.