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Woman indicted for immigration fraud
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Posted on Oct 10 2011
By Ferdie de la Torre
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The U.S. government has indicted a woman who allegedly filed a false statement in her application to register permanent residence or adjust status before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The indictment charged Liwen Tang with one count of immigration fraud.
During a hearing on Friday, Tang, who appeared with court-appointed counsel Colin Thompson, pleaded not guilty.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona set the jury trial for Dec. 12, 2011.
Manglona ordered that the defendant be released upon the posting of $2,000 cash. She posted the bail that day.
According to the indictment, on Dec. 21, 2009, Tang filed a USCIS Form I-485 (application to register permanent residence or adjust status) before the USCIC on Aug. 31, 2009.
In her response to the questioning about her family composition in the documents, the defendant stated that her only child was her daughter born in 2006.
The statement was material to USCIS’ determination of Tang’s application for lawful permanent resident status.
Assistant U.S. attorney Beverly McCallum stated in the indictment that Tang knew the statement was false in that in April 2002 on Saipan, the defendant gave birth to a son whose biological father was listed on the child’s 2002 birth certificate as Abdullah al Mamun.
