Washington, DC - Dozens Arrested Posing as Religious Workers to Gain Visas

Washington, DC - Dozens of Pakistani immigrants who came to the United States posing as religious workers were arrested, as Homeland Security agents tried to close a commonly exploited avenue for illegal immigration.

Immigrants who were supposed to be teaching or conducting religious ceremonies were arrested across the East Coast, where they worked as gas station attendants, taxi drivers, landscapers and factory workers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been scrutinizing the religious worker visa program, Homeland Security officials found fraud in one of every three religious visas they reviewed.